The Russian-Ukrainen Talks Are the Theatre of One Spectator.

Putin doesn't want to, and Zelensky can't stop the war by negotiation, but both have to follow Trump in his quest for a big deal.

There are two meetings in Istanbul to bring peace closer to Ukraine: first, representatives of Ukraine, the United States and Turkey met at the residence of the President of Turkey; the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, Andrei Yermak; and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Andrei Sibig; the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio; the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Hakan Fidan; then negotiations began betwe…