RE: Chess, what's happened?7 May 2026 21:24
Yes Wilco, I genuinely thought these peace talks would actually be peace talks and lead to an end to hostilities but the reality was there were no peace talks, no negotiations, just a series of complete waste of time meetings, which Russia has now brought to an end as they are completely pointless.
So, as long as Russia continues with this softly softly approach then Ukraine can avoid unconditional surrender for many years with the endless hundreds/thousands of Billions € funding & support of the Europeans.
Therefore there is no end to this war, Trump's tried everything and we are no nearer peace so the US will have to throw the towel in now as Russia has said further talks are pointless, which to be fair is true.
Sadly, I do not see anything positive to say about the chances of this war ending.
It has the hallmarks ( Endless European funding of thousands of Billions€ & a softly softly approach by Russia) for an endless war or one that could go on for another 50 or 100 years at a slow meat grinding steady rate.
Zelensky doesnt want to sign any peace deal, he has strung the US & Russia along pretending he wants to make a deal but knowing full well he never will.