Since the initial invasion and the option of taking all of Ukraine didnāt go to plan, Putinās Russia will settle with the second best outcome, East Ukraine, by carving the country in 2 right at the Dnipro river that goes all the way from north to south. They want to turn this into the European Koreas.
Now will Trumpās US agree to that? Heās already tried to throw Ukraine several times under the bus so heās likely to continue to try and do just that to give something in return to Putin for all the favors he got previously. Ukraine is ****ed if the Europeans donāt help it stand against this dirty deal. End the war? Yes. But never at the expense of Ukraine and European security.