Putin Is in No Hurry.

Russia and Ukraine have not held a public meeting since 2022, and it does not seem likely that Ukraine will gain anything useful from the meetings that the two sides will hold in Istanbul in the coming days. The United States is the only one who can change Vladimir Putin's behavior, they are the only ones who have the ability to influence it, but they do not want to do so. Donald Trump is not ready to do more for the Ukrainian government than Jo…