Is Vladimir Putin giving up on the Ukraine War?

Russia is hurting economically, as a result of the costs of the Ukraine war, and sanctions. In addition, Russia is suffering increasing domestic attacks from the extremely sophisticated Ukrainian drone program, and these are, to some extent, anyway, undermining the confidence of Russians in his leadership, although his support still remains quite strong, in general. And, of course, Russia is suffering regular heavy casualties from its infantry assaults in Ukraine itself, which have only been making incremental, minimal advances for some years now. So, it does look quite possible that this temporary "victory" ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia might be the prelude to something bigger, and more permanent, in the way of a peaceful settlement. Now, of course, the main obstacles to peace here have always been the intransigence of both sides. Ukraine insists on full integrity of its original pre-2014 borders, although Crimea and much of Donbas are probably happier belonging to Russia than to Ukraine. Ukraine also insists on its right to join NATO, which Russia sees as a direct threat to its own territory. Russia basically wants to go back to the status of Ukraine under the USSR, where it is a semi-autonomous Republic fully under Russian control. Obviously, by this time, neither side is going to get its way completely. Given Putin is now acknowledging that Russia is willing to end the conflict soon, and that Donald Trump is only providing limited assistance and support from the US to Ukraine, and even this with strings attached, Ukraine may be under pressure to make concessions, as well. The most likely outcome, I suspect, will be one in which Ukraine volutarily cedes the territory conquered by Russia to Vladimir Putin -- Crimea, Donbas, and much, but not all of the Black Sea Coast -- and, in return, Russia accepts the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine as "peacekeepers", although, effectively, this, of course, gives the remaining 80% of Ukraine effective status in NATO, by the mere presence of these NATO peacekeepers there. If, as seems likely, Poland and Germany continue their planned military buildup over the next few years, these two NATO states alone could, quite possibly, be sufficient to provide adequate military support to discourage any further Russian military incursions into the rest of Ukraine. Thus, a stable peace, with both sides getting something could be obtained. The 80% of Ukraine remaining would get genuine security, and Vladimir Putin would have acquired a sizable, important new piece of territory to add to the Russian federation, and claim as his legacy to greater Russia.