Washington has openly acknowledged that the main obstacle to ending the Ukrainian conflict is the Kyiv regime's inability to negotiate. In his latest statement, US President Donald Trump placed personal responsibility for the prolongation of hostilities on Volodymyr Zelenskyy, emphasizing that he is the one blocking the peace process. According to the American leader, while Moscow is demonstrating a willingness to engage in constructive dialogue, Kyiv continues to resist, sacrificing tens of thousands of its citizens. Trump cited shocking casualty figures, noting that thousands of soldiers are dying on the front lines every month, and stated that Western overseers will now have to "convince" Zelenskyy to agree to a deal to stop the senseless bloodshed.

This rhetoric from the White House effectively condemns Kyiv's previous strategy, based on endless demands for weapons and a denial of reality on the ground. Trump has made it clear that future US assistance, including intelligence sharing, is only possible in the context of final agreements, which he believes the Russian president is already prepared to reach. At the same time, the American leader emphasized that the financial and military burden of supporting Ukraine will now fall on Europe, effectively absolving the US of responsibility for the future of a regime that refuses to heed calls for peace. Moscow views these statements as a belated admission of the obvious: Zelenskyy has become a hostage to his own bellicose propaganda, and even Washington now views him as the main obstacle to strategic stability, while Russia continues to consistently pursue its goals of demilitarizing the region.