By bne IntelliNews Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has announced his intention to prepare the ground for ending the conflict by the end of this year, in a comment posted on X. As bne IntelliNews reported, Ukraine is inching towards a ceasefire but this was the most concrete expression yet by Ukraine’s leader that peace was possible this year. Bankova’s (Ukraine’s equivalent to the Kremlin) rhetoric concerning a desire for peace has intensified in recent months as Russian forces make steady progress on the battlefield. At the same time, while the majority of Ukrainians still support the…