In the end, it is the Kremlin’s plan playing out, and there appears to be little the White House will do about it.

President Trump’s administration has invested considerable time, effort, and political capital trying to end this war.

Instead, Russia sent some low level officials while Vladimir Putin remained very much at home. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has travelled to Turkey but dismissed the Russian delegation as merely “decorative”.

The Russian leader sends a second-tier delegation to planned peace talks. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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