Russian Presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev announced on September 10 that while the United States demonstrates interest in initiating a peace process in Ukraine, there is no unity within American leadership regarding this issue.
“I think they are really interested in the peace process, but America is not united either — there is a part that is Republican, there are Democrats, and they are not so simple either,” Patrushev stated during an interview with journalist Alexander Yunashev.
Patrushev also noted that European countries show no interest in achieving peace.
Separately, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov indicated the United States could end the conflict in Ukraine more quickly if it ceased providing direct military support to Kyiv. On September 8, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov described how American contacts with Russia proceed from a settlement based on current realities in Ukraine, which he characterized as generating positive responses. Lavrov added that the U.S. side recognizes fundamental aspects of the Ukrainian settlement and is working to assist within those frameworks.
