The situation is escalating, not de-escalating.
Are you seriously suggesting Zelensky doesn’t want NATO troops on the ground?
He probably would have been instructed to not ask for it publicly as one of the conditions for his $$
Asking for troops will turn public opinion immediately, and support for the war would evaporate - putting the whole money laundering operation at risk.
The war is okay as long as it’s far away and nobody is impacted.