Correct. Ans since we have boots on the ground in Ukraine, and it is our money and our weapons which allow the Ukrainians to continue to fight at all, if we want the war to end, we need to talk with Russia. Since we don't make any effort to talk with Russia, the openly stated (Lloyd Austin, Lindsey Graham, etc.) US policy that we don't want the war to end, we just want to weaken Russia, is confirmed by our actions.