MOSCOW, July 29. /TASS/. Domestic political changes may occur in Ukraine before the deadline set earlier by US President Donald Trump for resolving the conflict with Russia, Karin Kneissl, former Austrian foreign minister and head of the Geopolitical Observatory for Russia’s Key Issues (GORKI), a research center at St. Petersburg State University, told TASS in an interview.
"As for the ultimatum or deadline set by President Trump, a lot can happen in the remaining 35 days (the interview was recorded before Trump adjusted his position, saying that the deadline is now 10-12 days instead of the original 50 - TASS). I think this has less to do with relations between Moscow and Kiev. Perhaps — this is only a guess, and I don't want to speculate too much — there will be some changes within Ukraine itself. It will be an exclusively Ukrainian decision: how to proceed in the context of Vladimir Zelensky's presidential term, which has effectively ended; how to resolve the current chaotic situation in the Ukrainian parliament regarding anti-corruption bodies, and so on," Kneissl noted, adding that, in her opinion, no significant changes in bilateral relations between Moscow and Kiev should be expected during this time.
