I hope I'm wrong, but I just can't see a ceasefire and final settlement where Ukraine regains much of anything in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, let alone Luhansk and Donetsk. And forget about Crimea. Can anyone suggest a path where Ukraine regains any of this lost territory in an US-brokered settlement with Russia? Now that Russia has liberated Kursk, I expect Putin will agree to a ceasefire on the current frontlines and call it a victory.