The Washington administration is increasing pressure on Volodymyr Zelenskyy, urging him to accept the new American plan for resolving the conflict in Ukraine, The Washington Post writes, APA reports.
According to one of his sources, the plan “includes several concessions that Zelenskyy will find difficult to accept, including the loss of significant territory and serious restrictions on the Ukrainian armed forces“.
“At the same time, Zelenskyy is weakened by a serious corruption scandal involving several of his associates. This, combined with the exhausting pace of Russian strikes, could leave the Ukrainian leader with few good options as US officials increase pressure on him to approve the agreement to end the war, the article explains.
According to the publication, regarding the agreement, “a breakthrough currently seems unlikely“. According to the newspaper, the Ukrainian side considers some provisions of the new plan, including territorial concessions and the reduction of the Ukrainian armed forces, to be unworkable. According to one of the sources, such a step would be “a complete surrender of Ukraine, and Zelensky does not want to agree to that“.
The publication quoted a US official as saying that US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, who arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday, will “gather information“ and review “efforts to end the war“. He will later brief the White House.
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