India, Feb. 22 -- Zelenskyy's stance in effect is that he will accept no agreement in which he is not involved, despite his record of bad faith.

European countries have allowed themselves to become part of the problem where the Russia-Ukraine conflict is concerned, hence it is no surprise that they were excluded from the talks which took place in Riyadh between Russia and the US about measures for ending the war. It is a surprise that President Zelenskyy of Ukraine and his European counterparts question the value of discussions from which they were excluded. Countless meetings have taken place in Europe and in the US about the war and ensuring a stable peace, and in none of these was Russia included. They saw nothing amiss in a peace con...