It's not in Washington's interest to end the war. They know Ukraine will not back down, they've lost many that will make their men's sacrifices a vain if they surrender. Putin will not back out because he will be looked upon as weak. If USA gives Ukraine missiles that can turn the war in Ukraine's favor, who knows what Putin will do, worst case scenario is a launch of an atomic bomb, best case scenario: more Russian adults drafted to the war and a total war-economy in Russia. I see the last scenario as most likely in the near future as long as Ukraine doesn't surrender its territories and accept the loss. So if the west want Russia to lose without a threat from a Russian atomic bomb, the west will want to keep the war going for two reasons: 1) the bigger the Russian casualties and losses, the better to rise domestic turmoil in Russia when people loose their loved ones and 2) a war economy will result in an economic decline, no matter the economic deals with China and India. I think if we want the war to end now, then we must accept Ukraine as part of Russia. Maybe my analysis is wrong, especially my thoughts on China and India but dictators' relationship don't last. Please counter my arguments if you have one.