Agreed that if Trump gets in, the situation in Ukraine may change.
Trump or no Trump, there's no way Ukraine can regain its lost territory. Some of it has been more or less independent of Ukraine for ten years (the Donbass).
The Ukrainians kicked the Russians out of the center of their country in late 2022, and so far, that's held. Now is the time to talk. The US telling Ukraine they can attack targets inside Russia proper with the weapons we send them is crazy. It's asking for escalation when governments should be talking. I know that some think that Putin has a master plan to take Poland next. But Poland is arming, and Putin has had plenty of chances to not only invade Poland but the Baltics, and he hasn't. He may be an asshat but he's not stupid. He knows if he invades Poland, it's not just NATO that he faces, but an invasion of Poland could cause Germany to re-militarize.
Either way, this is the problem when world leaders don't know how to talk.
It's also ironic that the same politicians telling us that Israel needs a 'two state solution' hold the complete opposite position when it comes to Ukraine. The Donbass has been more or less a self-governing, Russian aided breakaway state since 2014. It's bizarre that some think that Palestinians should have a right to self determination but the Eastern parts of Ukraine can't, especially when those eastern parts of Ukraine are predominantly ethnic Russian.
The whole situation is fucked up. Of the presidential candidates, RFK Jr seems to have the best grasp on these situations, but he'll never get in, and the situations overseas may be too entrenched for talk right now.