Do you think the people of Ukraine should be just sacrificed so that all of Europe can keep sitting on their couches like North America, and if so who is next.
Its always a very cruel reality in any conflicts, the citizens are the ones who pays and suffers the most. Ask Irakis, afganistans, syrians, lybians, yemenites, palestinians etc. But, in my understanding, its more about choosing the least catastrophic of scenarios. Accepting casualties and destruction in a restricted area, pushing hard on diplomatic negociations hoping to get a cease fire asap.
Lets not our emotions blur our judgement here, so far the russian army has clearly hold its horses. Them too, are wishing for a way out that will avoid hundreds of thousands of death(if not millions, as the situation can degenerate in a NATO-Russia major war). But for sure Putin will want to avoid losing face in front of russians and make it look like they won something. That wont be easy, nobody knows exactly what he is ready to accept.
Anyway, if this goes down and degenerate into a WW nobody knows what the issue might be. For the 1st time in history, many countries has sufficient nuclear strenght to destroy the entire world. Anything can happen.