I agree with you generally, but not with regards to France. France has sent weapons, including heavy artillery ( and a huge percentage of France's arsenal at t

I agree with you generally, but not with regards to France. France has sent weapons, including heavy artillery ( and a huge percentage of France's arsenal at that). Ukraine cannot win in traditional terms (conquering Moscow and forcing a surrender), like Vietnam couldn't against the US. Them "winning" would be forcing Russia to abandon the war through attrition, generally making the war unpopular there, etc. It'd be a win, but it would be a very long road ahead, because Russia is a dictatorship that could survive quite a lot of internal unrest, and has quite a lot more bodies it can throw at Ukraine than vice versa. And there are the global ramifications with regards to food products. Not to mention that Putin is unhinged, and nobody knows what might happen if things get really bad for him, personally. Macron wanting to keep a dialogue open is commendable IMHO. People are dying at an alarming rate on the front, and Eastern Ukraine is getting pummeled into oblivion. The best and quickest way out of this mess is through negotiations. Putin has no interest in this because he wouldn't get anything out of it, so the war would have been for nothing, i.e. a failure for him. Which is where Macron is coming from, i think, trying to propose to throw him a bone so he can bow out. On the other hand, could anyone trust the result of negotiations with Putin? I wouldn't, and i doubt Ukraine would, so i fully understand their position ( not wanting to throw Putin a bone so he can save some grace at home). Let's just hope they have the forces required to bleed Russia dry until Putin dies, and in the end get what they want ( full restoration of Ukrainian territory, and probably reparations to rebuild). It still won't bring back the dead though. PS: I don not envy Zelensky, he has an impossible job.