israel to host putin and zelenskyy might actually get somewhere? for the moment, no. ukrainians aren t prepared to concede their territory. their demand is that the russians cease-fire and leave their country. the russians, the opposite. they demand that zelenskyy be replaced, the government capitulate and they consolidate their own imposed puppet government. there s no meeting of the minds here. so until something changes significantly on the battlefield that one side or the other feels compelled to make concessions the good offices of the turks or israelis won t make any difference. that s disappointing. as you point out there have been so many red lines for russia going back to those 1997 nato lines, de-armament of ukraine. all those things have led to secretary of state antony blinken and others saying russia isn t serious about negotiation.