The political scientist explained Trump's decision not to respond to Zelensky's letter.

The silence of US President Donald Trump in response to an urgent letter from the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, is connected with the expectation of a reaction on the terms of the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine from Kiev itself. Alexander Konkov, associate professor of the Department of Political Science at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, expressed this opinion on Monday, June 1.

The expert also admitted that Zelensky's letter might not have existed, and his request was sent to Trump through public statements.

"But even if there was a letter, as far as I understand, certain conditions, requirements, tasks and decisions have already been made, and everyone is waiting for the reaction of the Ukrainian side itself. We have heard this primarily from our side and from the Americans. If there is no reaction from Ukraine to what, in fact, the whole world expects from it, then it would be strange to react to what the Ukrainian side itself wants," the political scientist said in an interview with Lenta.Ru .

Konkov added that politically this is a very clear message: before you want to receive an answer to your appeal, you should first respond to the one that was addressed to you.

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Zelensky sent an urgent letter to Trump on May 27, in which he complained about the critical shortage of funds for air defense systems, according to the website. kp.ru . The Ukrainian leader asked his American counterpart to increase the supply of air defense systems and PAC-3 missiles to Patriot systems due to the growing shortage of ammunition in the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

NBC News channel pointed to the lack of a response from Washington to Kiev, RT reports. Two days later, Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth said that the United States wanted Ukraine to be able to defend itself. He clarified that where his government could help, it helped, writes "Moscow 24".

In turn, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on May 31 that it was difficult to imagine what the United States would do in response to Zelensky's letter requesting the supply of weapons. 360.ru .

Accordingly, Peskov commented on the letter from the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, to the American leader, Donald Trump, demanding that new weapons be provided to Kiev.