MOSCOW, Jul 22 Western leaders in private conversations at the security forum in Aspen stated that they did not believe in the victory of Ukraine «While officials in public were optimistic about the military progress of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, many of them were less optimistic in private conversations,» the article says.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky did not attend the event physically, but communicated with the leaders of the allied countries via video link. He assured his partners that the Ukrainian counter-offensive «is about to gain momentum.»
However, as American ex-diplomat Philip Zelikov noted, «bad news» awaits Kiev in winter, as serious disagreements will begin in the camp of Western states on the issue of assistance to Ukraine. He pointed to the economic consequences of the conflict and the fact that the United States is suffering too much losses to keep the Kyiv regime afloat.