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>You're thinking from the perspective of the aggressor.
No (even though we are the aggressors in this case).

If you are invaded and forced into a war, there are a couple of questions you need to consider.
> Is the peace you can get by fighting better than the peace you can get by negotiations?
> Will continuing the war/resistance lead to the annihilation of your people?
> Are your goals achievable?

Russias peace offering is far better than what can be achieved by prolonging the war.
Had Ukraine and NATO accepted the offer in march 2022, Lugansk, Donetsk would NOT become part of Russia, Kherson and Zaporozia would remin Ukrainian and the war would be over.

Had Ukraine just accepted Minsk and Minsk II, there would not even have been a flair up.

So what are we (the Europeans) in the fight for?
Russia has repeatedly offered to give up territory it controls for peace, we have refused.

So from our and Ukraines perspective, any peace right now is better than continuing a losing war that (according to the chart below for instance) we (ok, our proxy) started.
>Obviously there are reasons for the other side to fight or assist, like in this case wanting to contain an expansionist power.
Are you one of those who believe the war started in 2022?
Well, as you see in pic related, even then the war started before the Russian invasion by Ukrainian shelling on Donetsk and Lugansk.