James Waterhouse

And you have – we're hearing people describe severe limitations on how much food they can buy.

There is stockpiling in shops.

There are depleted stocks.

If that was to continue, then that may well force people's hands.

But at the moment –

it does seem to be manageable, which lends itself to the broader question as to the efficacy of this bombing campaign.

And it seems among the, you know, certainly from the White House, the impression you get is less and less about repression against the Iranian people and even, you know, a seismic political shift and seemingly more about, if you look at the latest lines this morning, about, you know, depleting missile capabilities, air defences and, of course, the nuclear programme in Iran.

Turkey's stance at the moment is fairly indifferent.

It is looking in, I think, with interest, their attention here, as I mentioned, with Kurdish militias on the border.

They certainly have been more hostile towards Israel in recent years in terms of the political rhetoric you hear.

And so I think if you look at the destabilising effects, and this is me trying to read between the lines here, President Erdogan

I don't think is particularly enthusiastic about this military operation is going on simply because of the destabilizing effect it is clearly having on the broader region.

So that kind of governmental messaging has not been as obvious as you might imagine.

And, you know, you would expect that to change if things were to upscale in any kind of way.

A once 28-point peace plan has now morphed into one with 20.

But the key questions of territorial concessions and, in the words of Volodymyr Zelensky, what the US will do if Russia invades again remain unanswered.

There is talk of the freezing of the front lines, which are currently being eroded through costly Russian assaults.

Where the Ukrainians fight to keep hold of frontline cities, they are being reduced to rubble regardless.

It is why Ukraine believes Russia is merely playing for time with these negotiations devoid of progress.

Would you call it a knock?