[dragonwriter]

> The danger is that this doesn't happen before Putin runs out of non-military options.

Putin has the non-military option of being the one to back down.

> Either Zelenskyy or Biden needs to find his inner adult, and announce that Ukraine won't be joining NATO any time that's on his own watch.

NATO hasn't even approved admitting Ukraine to the Membership Action Plan; it's pretty clear that they have no near term prospects for membership. What Russia wants is more NATO abandonment of existing members.