Putin: Bakhmut is already thoroughly destroyed. There's just nothing left. The Ukrainians definitely want to control that rubble. The Russians, they want that rubble more than anybody. Here's my suggestion. Decide the entire war on the battle for Bakhmut. Just decide. Whoever wins in Bakhmut, you get to keep the parts you've already captured. And we'll just call peace right there. If Ukraine wins, we'll take Crimea back and all their disputed regions will take back. But if Russia wins, they get to keep all the regions that they've already conquered. That would be a good idea. It's not a war of ideas; it's why Putin