Not Playing Putin’s Game Is Key To Why He Is Losing So Badly In His War

Ultimately Putin is the one who wants war and has shown no genuine interest in peace talks.

This is quite correct:

https://english.nv.ua/opinion/premature-peace-with-putin-would-be-disastrous-for-international-security-50309748.html

Don’t play his game. He just like to time buy and if he has his way (which he isn’t) he’d wage war for years.

Hence only route to peace is removing Putin’s Russian invaders to leave Ukraine. No other way.