American Council on Foreign Relations staff Richard Haass and Charles Kupchan foreign affairs They assume that the US and Europe, fed up with the armed conflict in Ukraine, will force Kiev to sit at the negotiating table with Moscow and sign an adverse agreement by the end of this year.
The authors note that convincing the Ukrainian authorities will not be an easy task, as many Ukrainians will react with hostility to the proposal. They say that Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky will have to curb his ambitions, as he has repeatedly said that Ukraine is intent on winning the conflict on the battlefield.
The authors believe that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) will not be able to defeat the Russian army on the battlefield, despite the help of the West.
According to them, Kiev will not be able to abandon the proposed plan, which includes the loss of Russian-controlled territories.
In leaked secret US intelligence documents saysWashington believes that Ukraine’s anticipated offensive will “significantly fall behind” Kiev’s original goals. This was written by the American newspaper The Washington Post.