According to him, if Trump had followed a traditional policy during the peace negotiations in Ukraine, Moscow could have predicted his future actions. However, Trump's unpredictability factor “has made it difficult for the Russians to act.”
Kim believes that it is precisely thanks to the unpredictable international policy that the head of the White House is currently pursuing that it is possible to “stop Russia.”
The head of the Nikolaev OVA clarified that we are talking about Trump’s measures such as “economic and physical force.”
The publication’s interlocutor also spoke about options for ending the war. According to him, he would like Ukraine to return its borders to those of 1991, but now “everyone is very tired,” and the Ukrainian people will most likely consider it a victory to end the war and receive security guarantees for the future so that children can live as before the Russian invasion.
Kim considers the main problem of Ukraine not the lack of weapons, but the exhaustion of Ukrainians, of whom there are “only 40 million.” In his opinion, Ukrainian soldiers will not be able to fight for another 4-10 years.
Context
Since 2025, the United States has been negotiating with the Russian Federation and Ukraine to end the war, in particular, the Trump administration presented a draft “peace plan.” In December 2025, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that the United States offered Ukraine an agreement according to which, within 15 years, will provide security guarantees. On January 22, 2026, in Davos, Zelensky announced that the US security guarantee document is ready.
January 23 in Abu Dhabi at negotiations between the USA, Ukraine and Russia sides didn't reach a compromise on the territorial issue (the Russian Federation demands the transfer of the entire Donbass to it), Reuters wrote.
Negotiations for peace in Ukraine with the participation of the American side continue, but now Trump is distracted by Iran.
