Did you miss the point in your valiant effort to be a w anchor, that the money was given by the police and families. Of course you could give a bit extra then it mightn't be a pittance.
My understanding is that Ukraine has said loud and clear, they are prepared to negotiate but not with Putin and rightly so as it's blatantly clear what Putin's agenda is.
Well, with Thailand being the centre of the universe can you really expect them to give a rats a rse about anything that could influence their well-being?
Might be a good move for the world if he does attend - wasn't there a $1m bounty on his head some time back, there will be some crazy Thai out there willing to take the risk and be successful for $1M.