Figaro: Washington will shift the responsibility for concluding peace to Zelensky
11/5/2023, 10:40:19 PM
Highlights: Figaro: Washington will shift the responsibility for concluding peace to Zelensky. Mead: This will allow the government in Washington to "assuage its conscience" and declare that the Ukrainians have already decided everything themselves. Mead described the situation in Ukraine as a "dead end" Earlier, former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter said that the United States would leave Ukraine at the first opportunity. He also claimed that Western countries are not trying to persuade him to launch a negotiation process with Russia.
Walter Mead, Director of Research at the Hudson Institute, Professor at Bard College, said in an interview with the French newspaper Le Figaro that the United States wants to avoid disgrace regarding Ukraine and shift the responsibility for concluding peace to Volodymyr Zelensky.
"Biden's strategy will be to continue to provide assistance until Zelensky decides it's time to negotiate and cede territory," the professor said.
According to him, this will allow the government in Washington to "assuage its conscience" and declare that the Ukrainians have already decided everything themselves.
In addition, Mead described the situation in Ukraine as a "dead end."
Earlier, former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter said that the United States would leave Ukraine at the first opportunity.
Zelensky also claims that Western countries are not trying to persuade him to launch a negotiation process with Russia.