They have not stopped the world’s second army as Russia is making advances everyday. Besides, the only reason Ukraine has been able to resist this much so far is the extraordinary support it has received from both the United States and European countries; this level of support can’t last.
No, Ukrainians are not more likely to join the war efforts, it has been pretty clearly demonstrated by the difficulties of the Ukrainian army to hire more soldiers.
As Russia keeps advancing, it will further damage the moral of the Ukrainians. Ukraine can not win a war of attrition against Russia.
Joe Biden presented the deal in May 2024 and Netanyahu quickly rejected it. It’s only when Steve Witkoff, Trump’s envoy, forced Netanyahu to meet during Shabbat and pressured him to take the deal that it the ceasefire actually happened, shortly before Trump’s inauguration.
A couple months ago when his envoy, Steve Witkoff, made Netanyahu meet him during Shabbat despite Netanyahu’s objections, and pressured him to accept the ceasefire deal.
Ukraine can’t win against Russia. It can try to limit the damages now and keep existing as a country or continue the war and risk being entirely invaded. That’s a risky proposition.
Unfortunately it is becoming evident that European countries will not join the war and therefore Ukraine is on its own.
I imagine Putin would answer you that Ukraine gets to continue existing as an independent country.