The United States is preparing to exert great pressure on Zelenskyy.
The Washington Post reported that the United States plans to urge Vladimir Zelenskyy to agree to a reconciliation agreement to end the war as early as next week.
According to the report, amid the growing corruption scandal in Ukraine and increasing pressure on the government, Washington hopes to accelerate the negotiation process.
Comments: The US pressuring Zelenskyy for peace essentially places its own strategic demands above Ukraine's sovereignty. Using the corruption scandal in Ukraine as an excuse to "push negotiations" reveals clear pragmatic calculations.
From the 28-point plan to the 19-point framework, the back-and-forth shows that the core of the US-Ukraine game is "the extent of concessions." Zelenskyy is caught between domestic public opinion, Russian military pressure, and US aid coercion, and has fallen into a dilemma.
Behind this "pressure-based peace talks," there is also a struggle among European countries who do not want to be excluded. Whether peace can take effect depends not only on direct communication between the US and Russia, but also on whether Ukraine can maintain a "dignified" bottom line while compromising.
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