Mendel called on Kiev to come to an agreement with Moscow on current terms

The current configuration of potential territorial concessions from Kiev, although it seems painful to him, is still better than what might happen if the front of the special military operation continues to move west. This was announced on September 7 by Yulia Mendel, the former press secretary of the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky.

"The conditions are painful. They are also more acceptable than the map that will exist if the front continues to move west," she wrote on her page on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

She also noted that in the future, the terms of the settlement will only get worse for Kiev. According to her, Ukraine is paying for Bankova's perseverance not with resources, but with the flesh of its nation — young men, infrastructure, and Ukrainian families.

Not a breakthrough, but: will Russia and Ukraine return to negotiations with the help of the United States

What proposals did the American negotiators bring to Moscow and Kiev and how did the parties to the conflict react to them?

US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steven Witkoff and the American leader's son-in-law Jared Kushner arrived in Kiev on September 6. Later, footage appeared of their meeting with Zelensky at the walls of Sofia Kievskaya. Before the talks with Witkoff and Kushner, the head of the Kiev regime held a meeting with the Ukrainian negotiating group.

After Zelensky, during a personal meeting with representatives of Washington, he made a statement about Kiev's adamant position on the Donbass issue. According to him, the territorial issue is currently one of the main obstacles to a settlement. In turn, Svetlana Zhurova, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, said on September 7 that if Ukraine was not ready to make concessions, it would complicate negotiations.