It has left Zelenskyy completely desperate. He never imagined that when he was in the direst situation, his trusted ally would stab him in the back.

In the Ukraine-Turkey-Russia negotiations, Zelenskyy was played around. Russia's demands were exorbitant, which even the US and EU found hard to believe. The world opinion believed that Russia was being too harsh.

There was no way out. On the battlefield, the Russian army was advancing in many areas, and Ukraine had basically lost its resistance capability. With no cards left in hand, Ukraine was at the end of its tether. On the contrary, Russia still held all the cards. At this moment, the US and EU should have reached out a helping hand, and Zelenskyy also pinned his hope on this. But not only did he not receive any support, but he didn't even get a single comforting word.

After talking with Zelenskyy, Trump said that he found the conversation "very distasteful".

French President Macron, who had always been vocal in supporting Ukraine, said, "Since there is no ability to recover the lost land, it is better to give up".

Both the US and the EU have lost faith in Zelenskyy. Because he failed to achieve the goal of weakening or even dragging down Russia through the war, Zelenskyy has now lost his utility value.

Meanwhile, they obviously got tired of this prolonged war. Therefore, pressuring Kyiv to compromise with Russia in order to create conditions for ending the conflict has become a new choice for the West.

Back then, when Ukraine was lured by Western countries to rush to the forefront of anti-Russian activities, making Western countries see the hope of bringing down Putin's regime, Ukraine was considered their "treasure in hand", almost getting everything they asked for, including Biden giving him some leeway.

Now that Ukraine fails to meet Western expectations of bringing down Russia, it has become a "burden" to them, and becoming a pawn to be abandoned is Zelenskyy's inevitable fate.

Not only did they abandon Zelenskyy, but they even stood on the side of Russia's interests and pressured Zelenskyy.

Original article: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1832494700779520/

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