Zelensky and his government were elected in free and fair elections, nothing to do with the US or UK.
Your opinion about restoring peace is not correct.
The demands made by Putin prior to and after his full invasion in 2022 indicate Putin was never serious about ending his war and he had always intended to conquer the entirety of Ukraine. There is nothing Zelensky could have done to alter Putins aims. Surrender demand negotiations were ended after discovery of horrible war crimes in Bucha and Irpin committed by Putins forces, after their humiliating. defeat and having been dislodged from occupying the Kyiv region.
