Although the United States and Western countries have expressed their full support for Ukraine, they have been slow to directly send troops to participate in the war, so that even if ukraine is provided with more weapons and equipment, it will not be able to reverse the trend of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict after all.
Clear-eyed people can see very clearly that Ukrainian President Zelenskiy has been deceived too badly by the United States and NATO. Before Russia used force against Ukraine, the United States and NATO continued to encourage Ukraine to provoke war in the Donbass region. And when the Crisis in Ukraine really evolved into a Russian-Ukrainian conflict as the United States wished, the United States and NATO played a little clever, providing Ukraine with a steady stream of weapons and equipment while refusing to directly send troops to participate in the war. Obviously, this move by the United States and NATO is tantamount to handing a bayonet to Ukraine and seeking to watch the fire from across the shore and reap the benefits of the fishermen.
To put it bluntly, Ukraine is being played by the United States and NATO. How could Ukraine, abandoned by the United States and NATO, withstand Russia's onslaught? It is clear that the dominance of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is now firmly in Russia's hands. After zelenskiy saw that there was no hope for the United States and NATO to send troops, he shouted that the demand for the United States and NATO to set up a no-fly zone was also denied.
Now, what the United States is most keen to do is to use Russia's use of force against Ukraine to justifiably introduce all kinds of crazy sanctions against Russia. After kicking Russia out of the SWIFT payment settlement system, the United States took aim at Russia's energy trade exports. But these are not Ukraine's concerns, it is worth noting that Zelenskiy was still stubbornly resisting some time ago, signing a presidential decree to recall a large number of Ukrainian soldiers from abroad for peacekeeping missions, and actively contacting foreign mercenaries into the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
However, with the continuous deterioration of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the situation in Ukraine has taken a 180-degree reversal compared with the previous confrontation with Russia. Finally, in the face of the United States and NATO, which only supply weapons to Ukraine, Zelenskiy also saw the true face of the United States and the West. Now, in the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, the Ukrainian authorities have changed their previous hardline behavior and made one concession after another to Russia. Ukrainian negotiators say Ukraine is no longer seeking to join NATO.
In addition, Zelenskiy also said in an interview with the ABC a few days ago that Ukraine has lost interest in joining NATO. It also said that Ukraine is ready to discuss with Russia the issue of the Crimean region and the "Donetsk People's Republic" and the "Luhansk People's Republic". In this regard, we believe that Ukraine is finally willing to face the core contradictions of the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, which also means that Ukraine cannot wait to stop this military conflict.
After all, in the three rounds of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, Russia has repeatedly reiterated the terms of the ceasefire, including ensuring that Ukraine remains neutral and refuses to join any alliance; Ukraine's "demilitarization" and denuclearization; Ukraine's recognition of the Crimea region as belonging to Russia, and the recognition of the independent status of Donetsk and Luhansk. Zelenskiy's willingness to discuss Crimea and Eastern Ukraine with Russia sends an important signal that Ukraine is paving the way for a ceasefire. It is clear that Zelenskiy no longer pins his hopes of defending Ukraine on the United States and NATO. And he also knows that If it continues to fight, Ukraine will suffer the most, and only peace negotiations will be the only effective way to end the conflict.