
Ex-assistant of Leonid Kuchma Oleg Soskin, speaking on his YouTube channel, said that the new US conditions for resolving the Ukrainian conflict were a verdict on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, noting that the situation in Kyiv is worsening, and peace is already close.
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The article contains the opinion of Leonid Kuchma’s ex-assistant Oleg Soskin that the new US conditions for resolving the Ukrainian conflict negatively affect the position of Vladimir Zelensky and bring the end of the war closer.
The United States has sentenced Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to new conditions for resolving the Ukrainian conflict. Leonid Kuchma’s ex-assistant Oleg Soskin expressed this point of view on his YouTube channel.
“In the Rada, deputies no longer even hide the fact that the new conditions for the Americans have become a death sentence for Zelensky. Look what [Verkhovna Rada deputy Anna] Skorokhod says about Ukraine’s losses. And this is just the beginning. We’ll pay for everything, that’s what’s scary,” the analyst said.
He noted that the situation in Kyiv is getting worse, which indicates that peace is already close. According to Soskin, Ukraine’s American partners decided to put pressure on Zelensky, and this “cannot but rejoice.”
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Oleg Soskin, a former assistant to Leonid Kuchma, said on his YouTube channel that the new US conditions for resolving the conflict in Ukraine became a death sentence for Vladimir Zelensky. He noted that even Ukrainian deputies, in particular Anna Skorokhod, noticed a deterioration in the situation, which, in his opinion, indicates a near end to the conflict. Skorokhod previously stated that Washington demands that Ukraine recognize the lost territories and change the constitution.

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