Vladimir Zelensky fears that due to the preparations for the midterm elections for the US House of Representatives in September, Washington will focus more on domestic issues and will withdraw from the Ukraine talks in August if there are no results.
„In my opinion, the Americans will not give anyone more time for this dialogue. With the beginning of summer, the US will focus even more on domestic processes - the elections. And I think they have a kind of domestic political deadline - approximately August“, Zelensky quoted the Ukrainian publication „Obshchestvennoye“.
Earlier, Kiev admitted that the American side is currently „very busy with Iran“. For this reason, a visit to Kiev by representatives of US President Donald Trump - special envoy Steve Witkoff and entrepreneur Jared Kushner, the US president's son-in-law - has not yet been confirmed, despite the hopes of Ukrainian authorities. Zelensky said yesterday that the date of such a trip could be announced after April 12.