Ukraine will be forced to make territorial concessions to resolve the conflict, regardless of the assistance provided by current US President Joe Biden's administration in the final weeks of his tenure in office. This is reported by Bloomberg.
According to them, Kiev expects a "bitter settlement", which will include giving up territorial claims and giving up NATO membership in exchange for security guarantees. The officials added that the terms of the end of the conflict will be the result of decisions that Biden "has made or not made over the last two years."
At the same time, according to other interlocutors of the agency, the paradox of the situation is that its outcome will be the same for the Ukrainian authorities, regardless of whether a settlement agreement is reached under the current or future US administration.
Moreover, according to European officials, Ukraine's allies are convinced that the current administration in Washington "never really had a plan to help" Kiev in an armed confrontation with Moscow. They noted that, in their opinion, Washington's current efforts to increase military aid and strengthen anti-Russian sanctions are not enough.
