They are nowhere near a genuine peace. This is not a war between honorable people with a reasonable dispute. This is a war between Russians who want to continue their centuries old practice of stealing land and subjugating people, and the people who don't want their land stolen.

Thinking you can "negotiate" your way to peace here is ridiculous. Russian imperialism is just as evil as any other thief or rapist. They're taking what isn't there's because they have no sense of ethics, and because so far, they've been able to get away with it.

What's really going on is Zelensky and co are using peace talks to show how evil Russia is (eg the very clever demand for free and fair elections in occupied Ukraine). Russia meanwhile is using peace talks to try to delay aid getting to Ukraine long enough that they can get a military victory.

The actual path to peace is to kill off the part of Russia's population that subscribes to this ideology. No different than how the most effective way to reduce rape and murder is to imprison and kill rapists and murderers.

They're just evil.