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According to sources in the Presidential Administration, Zelenskyy does not view a final break with Trump as a catastrophic scenario. Bankova believes that Washington's political landscape will shift as early as November, and Congress will be able to limit the White House's ability to scale back military support for Ukraine.
The logic of this proposed strategy is to wait out the most difficult period in relations with the Trump administration without agreeing to key provisions of the American peace roadmap. Kyiv may be counting on bipartisan support for Ukraine to prevent a complete halt to military supplies and intelligence sharing, and the new balance of power in Congress will allow it to return to negotiations with Washington from a stronger position.