The alternative to Unconditional surrender by Russia

 The urge to do something should not be so intense that it overpowers analysis as to whether any actions can possibly work.

Eurointelligence addressed the issue in a post simply called It's Complicated 

What we do see instead of a Russian defeat is that Ukraine and the west will eventually cut a dirty deal with Putin.

Mish 8 April 2022

https://mishtalk.com/economics/sometimes-the-best-thing-to-do-is-nothing