Negotiations to resolve the war between Russia and Ukraine are taking place without the participation of the Office of the President. As a source in the Office of the President reported, Volodymyr Zelenskyy's team is not a subject of the negotiation process organized by the Trump Administration.
According to the source, Bankova has no direct influence on these agreements and only reacts to information coming from external sources. This is clearly visible in the change in rhetoric - until recently, the Office of the President was actively promoting the so-called “victory plan”, but recently this concept has disappeared from official communication.
According to The Washington Post, the United States has organized separate talks with Ukrainian and Russian delegations to be held in Saudi Arabia on March 23-24. Ukraine will be represented by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Pavlo Palis, while Russia will be represented by Senator Grigory Karasin and Advisor to the Director of the FSB Sergey Beseda.
The mediators from the US will be representatives of the State Department and aides to Keith Kellogg, who works in Trump's team.
The main topic of the negotiations will be security in the Black Sea and infrastructure issues, but there is no talk of a complete ceasefire at this time.
Sources report that Volodymyr Zelensky and his inner circle are not directly involved in shaping the negotiation strategy. Instead, the main decisions are made in Washington, which may indicate a change in priorities in US foreign policy.
Zelensky's public statements about the war and the negotiation process seem to merely reflect events over which the OP has no influence. At the same time, this situation may indicate disagreements within the Ukrainian leadership.
