And now, to the Istambul conference. Putin has sent a delegation that has no real power to decide anything. They will sit in front of a similar Ukrainian delegation - obviously Zelensky is not going to meet with some "aidee" and Putin decided not to attend.
The result of this will be nothing, other than some money spent in travels, accomodation and the like.
Trump is starting to look powerless and that might just be the right incentive to get him to the Ruzzian Diplomacy advanced level and start realising that Ruzzia cannot be apeased, needs to be stopped and if possible pushed back.
This is how Russia "wants" to reach to reach peace. Sending some guys who don't have power to decide anything is just waste of time. But
I expected similar scenario. Maybe Trump finally will realize who actually want to reach peace. But for now we have situation which is leading nowhere.
Is that what you want to happen or you honestly assess that there's over 50% chance that in the next month Trump will do 180 turn and will start lobbying his party republicans to send more weapons and aid to Ukraine (instead of just walking away as his team keep saying)?