Russia tried talking peace as far back as Minsk then the Ukrainians broke it, Merkel admitted later that they supported Minsk to give the Ukrainians time to rebuild their forces for another attack on Donbass, they tried talking in Istanbul and almost had a deal back in 2022, then Boris Johnson had a word with Zelensky and told him to carry on fighting and the US and UK would support him all the way, the Ukrainians even shot one of their own negotiating team dead in Kiev, also Zelenskey is not a legitimate leader of Ukraine his term in office ran out months ago, Russia will finish it on the battlefield and Ukraine will lose a lot more than they would have if they had made a deal in Istanbul.