US President Donald Trump wants to end war in Ukraine quickly, not for the sake of international law or long-term interests, but for specific political goals, namely the midterm elections in Congress and the 2028 presidential race. This was stated by the Director of the Kyiv Security Forum, diplomat Danylo Lubkivsky, on Radio NV.

According to him, Trump is acting on the basis of a broader calculation that goes beyond mere negotiations to contain Russian aggression and involves several key priorities. ‘First of all, the American administration is consistently preparing and developing various plans for negotiations with China,’ said the Kyiv Security Forum Director.

The second priority, he said, is preparation for next year’s midterm elections to the US Congress and the 2028 presidential election. ‘We understand that a very difficult domestic political situation is brewing in the United States, which could escalate into significant civil unrest,’ Lubkivsky added.

According to the diplomat, it is these priorities that determine Trump's approach to resolving the war in Ukraine, which is to achieve results quickly at any cost.

"Trump is trying to accumulate those achievements as quickly as possible, which can be metaphorically called a kind of grand Nobel Peace Prize. This imaginary prize includes the intention to do everything possible to stop the bloody war against Ukraine. And to this end, Trump is ready to disregard the means. His goal is not to uphold international law or long-term global interests, but to achieve specific political objectives that are determined by a specific timetable," Lubkivsky emphasised.

At the same time, he drew attention to the ideological basis of the Trump administration's policy, which includes a new model of relations with Europe.

"This model is based on a complex, highly controversial political tradition in the thinking of the American establishment, where Europe has not always been perceived as an ally, but rather as a source of problems in a philosophical sense, from which one should stay as far away as possible. The Trump-Vance ideology is an attempt to undermine both the European established order, which we see in the leadership of the European Commission, and the political leadership of Europe's leading states," said the Director of the KSF.

According to him, the American administration is counting on cooperation with ‘Trojan horses’ within the EU. According to the diplomat, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico play this role.

The KSF Director emphasised two key questions for Ukraine's future in this context. "Are leading European states ready to demonstrate political will and agency to protect Ukraine, thereby strengthening their own security and international law? And to what extent does Ukraine have sufficient resources to withstand the intense pressure from the American administration and the Russian aggressor in order to reach a point where we can prevent the violation of red lines that protect our strategic interests," Lubkivsky concluded.