Russian newspaper Izvestia conducted an interview with a representative in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow which they are claiming shows the U.S. is changing its tone in the wake of Ukraine’s failure in Kursk and the ongoing offensive by Russia in the Donbass. In the interview, the representative said that the United States will continue to help Ukraine until “a lasting and fair peace is achieved,” according to a report in TASS. The embassy apparently didn’t describe what a “fair peace” would be.
Asked for a response to this statement, Andrei Kortunov, Scientific Director of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), said that Washington no longer has hopes for a Ukrainian victory on the battlefield, and this forces them to lower the bar of expectations. Nonetheless, it would still be wrong to talk about any fundamental changes in the American position, according to Kortunov, or to expect it before the November elections in the U.S.
