Resolved by diplomacy is just a thin veil on Ukraine needs to capitulate and give Russia whatever it wants.

This isn’t Ukraine being caught in an inter imperial crossfire, they are being directly invaded.

Like imagine if someone made this same point about one of dozens of countries the US invaded. Like saying the Vietnamese should have just immediately surrendered to the US, or saying Iran should have just surrendered and given them whatever they want. You’d be out here calling the person a boot licker and rightly so.