Ukraine surrenders, soon, page-119

"We will give weapons to anyone who wants to defend the country."

Zelenskyy is saying that to give the Ukrainians a stark choice:

Go neutral (like Switzerland) OR take a gun and start killing our blood relatives from Russia.

All Putin is asking for is a neutral demilitarized zone between Russia and NATO. That worked ok to end the Korean war and keep the peace. Same here.

Switzerland has done ok out of being a neutral state. It means we can rest easy and spend more money on welfare and job creation instead of weapons and troupes.

This is the same situation as the Cuban missile crisis where the US noticed Russia installing weapons in Cuba (near to the US) and was ready to go to war over it. Back then, the Cubans listened and averted war, but unfortunately we didn't and have paid a high price.