“Russia and Ukraine must hurry with a peace agreement, or Trump will lose patience”, – Waltz

Russia and Ukraine should move quickly toward a peace agreement before U.S. President Donald Trump loses patience.

This opinion was expressed by White House advisor Mike Waltz in an article for The National Interest, reviewing Trump’s first 100 days in office.

The U.S. presidential advisor emphasized that the American peace plan — which includes recognition of Crimea as part of Russia and freezing the current front line — has faced resistance from Kyiv, but negotiations are ongoing.

“Both sides need to move quickly now, before the President loses patience,” he wrote, referencing U.S. diplomatic efforts in Paris, London, and Riyadh.

Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had insisted that Ukraine was not obstructing negotiations with Russia and would not do so in the future.

However, the Kremlin maintains that it sees no concrete steps from Kyiv toward peace.