Even if Putin's wildest dreams were to come true, with Putin leading a victory parade in Kyiv with Zelenskyy's head on a spike, History tells us the war would not end.
Lack of US support will increase EU need for secure peace. Little known fact on social media is EU NATO has the firepower to push Russia out of UA quickly, assuming a full mobilization. EU does not want to do this but they are negotiating from a position of strength, even w/o US.
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It would simply go underground.
This is a war Putin cannot win.
Even with Trump's help.