The political scientist called Kiev's statements about US aid speculation.

The Kiev regime is speculating when it talks about insufficient assistance from the United States. Alexander Konkov, Associate Professor of the Department of Political Science at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, shared this opinion with Izvestia on April 28.

Earlier in the day, former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba, in an interview with the YouTube channel "Great Lviv Speaks," said that Kiev could no longer rely on Washington either in the medium term or after American President Donald Trump resigns.

"Such statements are mostly speculative, due to the fact that, of course, without the support of the United States, both as an independent country and as a key player in NATO, Ukraine will not last. <...> The Ukrainian troops are making efforts based on the information, intelligence and information provided by Western advisers, primarily the United States," Loshkarev said.

He added that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) will not be able to hold out on the battlefield on their own, without Western support.

The political scientist pointed out that the new White House administration was tired of the Ukrainian crisis, but stressed that Trump would not be able to simply withdraw from the settlement process. According to the expert, what is of interest is how the American leader will act if he does not achieve his goal of ending the conflict.

"America is too deeply mired, immersed in all the emergencies that it has accepted for Ukraine with its European allies, that the United States cannot simply get out of this process. <...> Therefore, Ukrainians understand this today, speculate on it in every possible way and try to squeeze the maximum out of American sponsorship today," Loshkarev said.

The United States and Europe cannot agree on Ukraine. What the media is writing

On April 25, Bloomberg reported that Washington had limited cybersecurity assistance to Kiev, which weakened Ukraine's position, making digital frontlines a prey for hackers. It was noted that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is interested in spending every dollar of USAID on the "prosperity" of the United States' own cybersecurity.

The Financial Times newspaper reported on April 23 that Ukraine had failed to reach an agreement with investors on the restructuring of $2.6 billion in debt, and therefore Kiev could default. However, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine said it would "consider all available options" and continue negotiations.

In the same month, the Bild newspaper reported that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky told Trump he was ready to buy $50 billion worth of anti-aircraft missiles, but the American leader rejected the offer. Trump has repeatedly pointed out that Ukraine has often approached the new White House administration with requests for new arms supplies.