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This should be a referendum. Zelensky has staked his reputation and legitimacy on winning this war. If the question is independence and more war or become a colony of Russia then a lot would be on board. If the question is become a colony of Russia and peace or become a colony of America and more war, I think that's a tougher call to make.
You can not hold a referendum during an active war.
Why, the U.S. has had many elections during wars, many of which become a referendum on whether to stay in the war. The 1864 election had candidates openly advocating for ending the civil war. The 1968 election had multiple nominees on the democratic side advocating to end the Vietnam War, and the winner Nixon was campaigning on ending the war "with honor.
The people should have a say in whether there country continues a war, to say otherwise is undemocratic and patronizing.
Yes, including the people displaced and oh here is a thought, the ones in occupied land.
I agree, displaced person's should get a vote. Ideally people in the occupied territories would too, but thats just not feasible. Just like how in 1864 the blacks in the south shouldve gotten to vote since they were all now freed under the emancipation proclamation, and they had the most at stake in the conflict, but the confederacy was never going to allow that. That doesn't mean the north shouldn't have had an election because not everyone could participate.
The people in the occupied territories may not be as pro-ukrainian as you might think though, a lot of them probably just want the war to be over and for the bombs to stop falling on them. Hell putin might allow an election if he knows they'll vote for peace.