begin to prevail, despite their poor performance on the battlefield, so far. so, zelensky will have several issues he has the to confront, yes, he has given up on wanting tojoin nato, yes he is willing to talk about neutrality, but then, what about neutrality, but then, what about those two eastern provinces luhansking and another one, will he insist they become part of ukraine or accept they will be part of a greater russia? there is as i mentioned before the corridor that has been opened up now, from crimea, through mariupol, through to the donbas region. his people have captured that ground, through the fighting in the last 33 days, is putin going to give it up? is zelensky going to insist it is given up? this is a major issue that will have to be talked through rather than —— round the negotiating table and the unpalatable compromise may have to be that the ukraine of the future is not the same size and