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From a military perspective it may be more plausible that Ukraine wins back control of Crimea than Luhansk.

Crimea could be cut off from Russia at a few chokepoints at which point Russia soldiers would retreat or run out of supplies. Eastern Ukraine, on the other hand, is connected to the one of the greatest military logistic networks in the world, the Russian rail network.

I don't know anything about russian rail network, but I heard it being mentioned in passing multiple times in the articles since the war started. Is their military logistics rail network actually great? And why?

I am not trying to debate this, I genuinely know nothing about the difference in importance of rail vs air vs whatever else when it comes to military logistics. I found the mentions of the russian rail interesting, so at this point I just want to know more about it in the context of current events.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Railway_Troops

Long before the Bolsheviks the Russians have seen railway logistics a key to defensive or regional war. Inside their boundaries they can move troops and supplies highly efficiently. It may even help in an invasion of a neighbor that has a compatible rail network that can be commandeered. Rail can move a tremendous volume of stuff at low cost, when they tried to invade Kiev they had to go by road and had a terrible time with sustainment.

The U.S. ability to communicate by air and sea has global reach (why I said ‘one of the best’) but in its range you can’t beat the low cost and high volume of rail.

The key to peace in Ukraine is for russians to all go home.
They are doubling down on propaganda operations, throwing bodies as cannon fodder, threatening and committing genocidal acts against Ukrainians. I think there would be a need for greater investment from the west to push them back as they are trying to consolidate the invaded territories. It's just sad to see the Russian people becoming a degenerate nation.
My family fled russian aggression in the turn of (last) century. I'm not sure what you mean by "becoming". This IS the history of russia. It is how they have always viewed the rest of the world. Violence is the russian way.