The Kremlin does not demonstrate any public signs that will go to material compromise - isw

Because of this, they try to convey that Zelensky "has no authority to" negotiate with Russia, and the Kremlin itself is not obliged to execute any agreements concluded with the current Ukrainian authorities. Also, analysts of the American Institute for the study of war believe that Russia does not demonstrate signs that would testify to any material compromise. They wrote about it in their daily review of the Russian-Ukrainian war for February 18.

"The Kremlin remains uninterested in bona fide negotiations and retains its purpose to destroy the Ukrainian state," the statement said. Analysts also believe that Russia will not make material concessions to achieve peace, because "it does not show any signs" of this readiness in public.

The researchers of the institute reached this opinion on the backdrop of news about a bilateral meeting between the Russian Federation and the US in Saudi Arabia, where the Kremlin continued to signal that he did not want negotiations. "Russian officials at a bilateral meeting continued to signal the Kremlin's reluctance to negotiate about war in Ukraine and determination to achieve their maximalist goals," analysts write.

At the same time, according to researchers of the Institute of War, Volodymyr Zelenskyy demonstrates his own actions and statements his own readiness for compromises for peace. "Zelensky, unlike Kremlin officials, continues to show Ukraine's readiness to compromise to finally end the war," the message reads. This may be evidenced in particular by the proposal for the exchange of territories between hostile countries, to which the Kremlin has reacted sharply, noting that it was "impossible".