Travalanche

Yeah, they may not be taking much ground back, but they're also not in danger of losing much external support yet, which is probably the only scenario where Zelenskiy would cave to Putin. From his comments, I'm guessing this is just a stalling tactic to help win back some eyes and ears.

Either Russia pays better or they're just holding out hope that being contrarian to Democrats, regardless of the issue, will win them another term.