There is no diplomatic solution to the conflict in ukraine. Whoever thinks there is, is deluded.
Look at the crap show around Donnie, and at Donnie himself. He is living in La-La-land. He recently threatened to impose more tariffs on Canada just because a clip of Ronald Reagan was shown there that contradicted Donnie's tariff tantrums.
How can anyone in Moscow think there is anyone sane to deal with in DC? What everyone needs to realize, is that the west cannot agree to Russia's terms, because doing so would be a capitulation; a ceding of whatever is left of US global influence. US will never, ever voluntarily give up its hegemonic lifestyle. This is an existential issue for the US in terms of power. If the US cannot control and exploit others, it will wither and die. So this bad hegemonic habit has to be beaten out of them. There are no workarounds for this.
So if Mr. Putin wants a diplomatic end to this, then there is only one thing for him to do: RELENT.
Freeze the conflict and declare a ceasefire like Donnie, kiev regime, and the neo-cons want.
Is Putin ready for this solution? Because if not, then it's time to take ukraine offline, completely; regime and all. Because as long as this is dragged out, the western regimes will keep on getting more desperate, and get worse and worse ideas on how to terrorize Russians.
When there is no kiev regime to support and aid anymore, things will get harder for them. And then, they will accept Russian terms, because at that point, it's either this, or nothing, because they will not have the kiev nazis to rally around.
So Russia can do whatever it wants in, and to ukrops. US will not intervene or launch nukes. It can't.
What will happen if Russians bring down the hammer on kiev? There will be some whining and freaking out by the US and EU regimes, but behind the scenes Russians will assure them that they have no plans of going any further - if US and EU do not intervene - and that will be it. US and EU will be satisfied with this guarantee, and will back off if they see there is no direct threat to them. NATO is too cowardly and unprepared to fight Russia, and it knows it.
So for the US and EU, it is either lose ukraine, or lose whatever influence and power they still both have.