All right, Alexander, let's talk about the talks in Istanbul, because yesterday we had no talks.

A lot of delaying, a lot of trash talking.

Boy, does Zelensky know how to trash talk.

And he never even went to Istanbul.

He went to Ankara, met with Erdogan, and then got on a plane and went to Albania because there's some European forum meeting, another one of these meetings that Europe has every couple of days.

Anyway, he went to that event in Albania.

He was in in Turkey for about five hours, four or five hours.

That's it.

Had to sit down with Erdogan and then got on a plane and took off.

So he never even made it to Istanbul.

The Russian delegation waited in Istanbul.

And they waited and they waited and Istanbul, and they waited, and they waited, and they waited, and they waited.

And we finally, at least we finally got the green light from Alensky for a negotiating team to be set up and to meet with the Russians today.

As we're recording this video, they are in meetings.

From what I understand, the format, at least according to Turkish media, is that there will

be meetings between the U.S., Ukraine, and Turkey, and then there are going to be meetings between Turkey,

Ukraine, and Russia.

Rubio, by the way, is in Istanbul as well.

So your thoughts, Alexander, on the circus.

Circus is exactly the right word.

I mean, it was an absolute chaos yesterday.

Circus, by the way, as somebody pointed out to me, is actually, I mean, circuses are far better

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