Display MoreThey have held Crimea since 2014. UE wasn’t all fired up getting that back . Until uncle sugar backed them .
Russia leaves western UE. Keeps what they had pre invasion.
UE is immediately admitted into nato.
Neither side gets everything they want and no more dead.
For the sake of clarity, I'm not trying to argue a course of action to counter you. I'm simply pointing out some of the reasons that it's not politically viable now. It may be the framework that results in negotiations in the future when both parties actually want to negotiate. Right now the "negotiate" narrative is mostly just a pro Russian tactic to undermine support for UA. Not saying you are that guy, just saying the argument is coming from one group only and they are doing it for reasons not related to reducing deaths or world peace.
There really are a lot of other reasons why your suggestion isn't great for the US at this time to include emboldening China which was something you were concerned about.