OK, here is the Demarest suggestion for President Trump – what can be conceded and gained. What do you think is wrong with this?
The lower Dnieper be open and control shared;
Odessa be an open, tax-free port;
Ukraine to not have an air force or navy;
No demands for funding for the rebuilding of Ukraine be made against the US or Russia;
Russia retains ground already gained plus all of Donbass oblast;
Ukraine does not enter NATO;
Moldova does not enter NATO;
No American government personnel will participate in or guide upcoming Ukrainian elections, either directly or by way of NATO proxies;
If an insurgent war of some type emerges within Ukrainian territory, neither the United States government nor NATO country governments will participate or support any faction of it directly or indirectly;
Russia commits to return Israeli-Russian relations to the status quo ante, to cease arming Iran or aiding Iranian intelligence and to commit to helping Israel defeat Hamas and Hezbollah.