No parent on either side of the conflict wants to lose their child. Wouldn't the proposed demilitarized zone * be perhaps an option out of the war?

https://menafn.com/1105397669/Danilov-Says-Ukraine-Being-Offered-Korean-Scenario-For-Truce

(the Normandy format, which excludes the US, perhaps can open the door to a more open Europe, a shared future, if the EU and Russia all help Ukraine rebuild.)

I see this option against the backdrop described here https://euroyankeeblog.medium.com/how-vladimir-putin-saved-the-world-cca005eca0c9

I'll be honest it does scare me a bit. As I think this does fit the Russian logic.