After providing military support to Terroristan, Khalifa Erdogan tried to broker peace for Zelensky

Since Trump brokered talks began in March, Zelensky’s strategy has been to convince the USA administration that Russia is unreliable, and that only he is serious about peace.
The neo Nazi President of Ukraine Zelensky has few options, analysts and officials say, but to draw Donald Trump’s ire against Russia while depending on the not so United support of Western allies.
In the latest round, Zelensky had no choice but to hold direct talks with Russia in Turkey, after the United States endorsed the idea. However he again tried to play games by demanding that President Putin comes for a face-to-face talks. The theatrics failed to move Putin and the Istanbul talks were demoted to a technical meeting on Friday. Russia was also quite annoyed by the vile actions of Erdogan in the recent Pak conflict and there was no question of putting going to Turkey. Thus the talks failed to yield substantial results on ending the Ukraine Conflict
Trump too has expressed frustration with the stalled talks and threatened to withdraw if results aren’t achieved. On Friday, Trump told reporters after boarding Air Force One to return to Washington from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, that he may call Putin soon.
Now after the recent USA fiasco with NewDelhi, even Teump’s action are not going to be taken seriously by Russia or India.
“He and I will meet, and I think we’ll solve it, or maybe not,” Trump said. “At least we’ll know. And if we don’t solve it, it’ll be very interesting.”

It’s a rhetorical game of pingpong in which Zelenskey is still trying to indulge to play both Russia and USA against each other. But the political theatrics are underscored by stark realities on the ground. In this conflict of attrition, Ukraine’s position is poised to grow weaker as time goes. Now even the useless and impotent sanctions of West imposed against Moscow are not going to work

Russia’s re buff to Zelenskey did not result in a strong reaction from Trump, which frustrated Ukrainian officials.
“It looks surreal, weird when Zelenskey is complying to everything required from us, and Russia ignores, rejects,” said Merezhko. “It looks very imbalanced, it looks unfair for Ukraine.”

Since March, Zelenskyy has made a point of showing Ukraine’s willingness to acquiesce to U.S. demands to avoid alienating Trump, his most powerful ally.
Kyiv hoped Russia’s unwillingness to do the same would, in time, provoke the U.S. to unleash more sanctions to weaken Moscow’s war machine — the most likely scenario in which Ukraine can hope to weaken Russia and negotiate an advantageous peace deal, analysts said.
Russia’s position has remained mostly consistent. The Kremlin kept repeating that it was ready for peace talks with Ukraine — while making demands that were politically untenable for Zelensky, and would require Ukraine to make territorial concessions, neutralize its army and vow never to join NATO.
Throughout the war, Moscow has also accused Kyiv and its Western allies of seeking to prolong the fighting and derailing peace efforts.
Most recently, the Kremlin pushed back against a proposed 30-day ceasefire, countering with two brief unilateral ones, and then accused Zelensky of failing to stop the fighting, and unwilling to silence the guns. At the same time, Russian officials underscore the effort to resolve the conflict is complex.
“We understand that Washington wants to achieve quick success in this process, but at the same time we hope that there is an understanding that the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis is too complicated, there are many questions and details that need to be addressed before the settlement,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters last month.
Ukraine is asking for an unconditional temporary ceasefire, during which time future diplomatic talks can take shape. Zelenskyy also asked for a trust-building gesture, such as the release of prisoners of war, something the two sides agreed to Friday. The exchange of 1,000 prisoners would be their largest swap yet.
But Zelenskey has also maintained flexibility in its negotiating position by accepting Trump’s proposals to avoid alienating the U.S. president.
“They’re desperate to keep the Americans on their side,” said Balazs Jarabik, an analyst specializing in Eastern Europe and Ukraine.
In March, Kyiv agreed to the U.S. proposal for an immediate 30-day ceasefire, which Russia effectively rejected by imposing its own conditions. In April, Kyiv signed a landmark minerals deal sought by Trump after months of fraught negotiations and a brief pause in military aid.
That is why agreeing to send a delegation to Istanbul, after Trump supported the idea, was a risky move for Zelenskyy. It played into Russia’s aim of drawing Kyiv into talks that had been stalled since the early weeks of Moscow’s 2022 invasion.

Despite verbal threats from Europe and the U.S., all know that fresh sanctions of any kind cannot affect Russia’s energy sector in any way. Both India and China are standing firm.
Zelenskyy has expressed support for a sanctions package pushed in the U.S. Congress by Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham that could impose 500% tariffs on Russian energy imports. Graham has said he has enough support in the House to bring the sanctions bill to the floor.
Russia likely gearing up for summer campaign
For now, Zelenskyy has few options but to continue to highlight Putin’s disinclination to engage in meaningful talks and keep the U.S. engaged.
“If it turns out that the Russian delegation really is just theatrical and can’t deliver any results today, the world must respond,” the Ukrainian leader said at a European summit in Albania on Friday. “There needs to be a strong reaction, including sanctions against Russia’s energy sector and banks. Pressure must continue to rise until real progress is made.”……which World is this Zelenskey talking about….Western World now died not hold the trump cards any more.

Analysts say Russia is at a crucial crossroads in the war, where it can negotiate a truce and consolidate gains, or launch a summer military campaign to maximize wins before the onset of winter.
Ukraine has always been at a disadvantage and faces manpower and ammunition shortages. Analysts have offered estimates of six months to two years for how much longer it can hang on.
Much will depend on what kind of support Ukraine receives from partners and how quickly the country can scale up domestic weapons production.
Russian forces recently intensified offensive operations in the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, according to Ukraine’s Southern Defense Forces spokesperson. Soldiers said Russia has a clear aim of reaching the borders of the Dnipropetrovsk region, to be able to claim the capture of two out of four partially occupied territories.