[Shionari]

Zelensky indirectly admits that the war could of been avoided all along, as one of Russia's points was that Ukraine should remain independent and not join NATO.

That being the case, why did Zelensky make the choice to fight Russia to begin with?

Reading Zelenskys various statements as the war progressed has revealed he made a grave mistake opting to oppose Russia, for which his own people have paid the price.

Ukraine is not in NATO and therefore NATO is bound by their own laws not to engage in this conflict.

Zelensky gambled with his peoples lives, hoping that NATO would come to the rescue but ultimately this was never going to happen and now he has Ukrainian blood on his hands.

This actor and comedian should NEVER have been elected, he has proved to be a disaster for the country.

And when the conflict finally ends and Zelensky has achieved nothing except what Russia asked for from the start, the people will see that their loved ones dying was all for nothing.

I'm sorry, who began military operations and actually started the fighting?

I think what @"imgr8ness" is trying to say is that Zelensky should've had the foresight to predict that this was going to be the most likely outcome. As he said, NATO is bound by its own laws not to get involved in this situation, and the threat of nuclear war is too dangerous for other countries to engage and try to seriously oppose Russia.
Knowing all of this, Zelensky should've judged that his people's lives were too precious to risk losing over something like this. But he didn't, and his people paid the price for it. All so that in the end, Russia still gets what it wanted, and all Ukraine got out of the situation was human and material losses.
This doesn't invalidate your point about Putin in any way. But it does show major incompetence from the part of Zelensky, and that incompetence has led to a significant tragedy this time. I agree with @"imgr8ness". He should never have been elected.