Vladimir Putin has had another bad week – and eyes are now on the Ukraine peace summit

It has been another bad week for Vladimir Putin. He started his war in Ukraine to limit Western expansion, he says. It is accelerating apace entirely because of his aggression. In direct response to his unprovoked invasion, Ukraine has this week been able to sign a 10-year security pact with America – a bridge to its eventual membership of NATO, even if that is still a very, very long way away. And Putin has been powerless to stop the West taking $300bn in frozen Russian assets and using the interest to wire $50bn for aid to Ukraine. That has got…