No the deal is Putin wants all the extra land he has taken since the war started on top of those three oblasts. Also, Russia never had boots on the ground in Ukraine until 2022, they just armed the separatists. After that maidan revolution because of that asshole Yanukovych backtracking on the promise he made to have closer ties with western europe in favor of a russian vassal state deal. Thats what caused all this crap in the first place, i agree with 90% of what you are saying anyways so i dont really want to get into a lengthy debate about it. The history of Ukraine and Russia is a lot more complicated than 99% of the western public realise. Kiev 8 centuries ago was the original capital and birthplace of the Russian people (Kievan Rus) it wasnt until a long time after that did Moscow even get built and Peter the Great was the person who built Saint Petersburg since he hated living in Moscow and wanted a Russian port into the Atlantic. Something that wasnt possible at the time since the muslims nomadic tribes controlled most of the Black Sea.