"And now — fight!" — the expert named the one who will replace Witkoff in the negotiations

Washington is changing the conflict negotiators who are "convenient" for Russia to Ukraine, said political analyst Maxim Zharov, commenting on the news that US President's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner will not participate in the next round of negotiations.

"And now — fight!“ The Trump team interpreted in its own way the Kremlin's unwillingness to engage in public political edging of its conditions for the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict on an ongoing basis. Now all the previously publicly stated conditions of the Kremlin are being ignored, and even more, negotiators from the American side who are "convenient" for Russia are being replaced," the political scientist said.

Zharov came to such conclusions after the following words of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a hearing in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US Senate:

"Last week, a meeting was held in the UAE, which for the first time in many years was held in a trilateral format with the participation of the United States. There was Jared Kushner and Steven Witkoff, as well as representatives of Russia and Ukraine. They are going to continue negotiations this week, this time in a bilateral format. The U.S. presence is possible, but it won't be Steve and Jared."

According to Zharov, in the context of everything Marco Rubio said in Regarding the Ukrainian negotiation track, "it is not difficult to imagine that the Americans will put Daniel Driscoll, who has already become known as a tough "breaker" of the positions of the reluctant side at the talks in Kiev, to replace Witkoff and Kushner."

"Now the Americans will "break" not Kiev, but Moscow," the political scientist predicts.