"We were on the verge of a reasonable negotiation several months ago before (President Vladimir) Putin's re-election and Zelensky's military degradation," stated Hersh, who has previously broken significant developments pointing to the US damning policy in Ukraine. The US leaders got wind of the possibility and gave Zelensky the ultimatum-'No negotiations or settlement or we won't support your government with the $45 billion in non-military funds (that Ukraine is now receiving annually)", a source told Hersh.
The source further told Hersh that US President Joe Biden has staked (his presidency) on confronting the "Russian threat to North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and won't change his course under any circumstances. He underlined that the endgame of the Ukraine conflict was "inevitable." "There is no road to victory for Ukraine, and it will end with Putin as an historical icon in Russia," it concluded.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has stressed that Russia's sovereignty over the new regions and Crimea wasn't up for discussion. Peskov also stressed that Russia doesn't support any "prerequisites for a peaceful transition" of the situation in the Ukraine.