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"When the war ends, Ukraine will join NATO." + "Russia can not allow NATO on its borders." = "Russia has zero incentive to ever end the war and has every incentive to fight the war indefinitely."
By promising to admit they have actually made Ukraine into a permanent warzone, turning what was a regional dispute into an existential threat to Russia's national security. And that was the point. Maybe they actually would let Ukraine join after the war, but that's why they don't want the war to end. Ukraine has now become a pit where they can throw in money in exchange for Russian blood and treasure.