RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: 🇺🇦🇺🇸 **“This is a disaster”: Zelenskyy’s U.S. trip may have changed more than it seemed** Zelenskyy’s latest trip to the United States appears to have produced far fewer concrete results for Kyiv than many had hoped. According to this assessment, meetings with **Donald Trump, Ursula von der Leyen, Emmanuel Macron** and other Western leaders resulted primarily in an agreement to **continue negotiations**, rather than an immediate breakthrough on Ukraine’s most pressing problems. More importantly for Kyiv, the framework for any future agreement is reportedly being accompanied by **additional and tougher conditions**. The result is being compared to a chess *

🇺🇦🇺🇸 **“This is a disaster”: Zelenskyy’s U.S. trip may have changed more than it seemed**

Zelenskyy’s latest trip to the United States appears to have produced far fewer concrete results for Kyiv than many had hoped.

According to this assessment, meetings with **Donald Trump, Ursula von der Leyen, Emmanuel Macron** and other Western leaders resulted primarily in an agreement to **continue negotiations**, rather than an immediate breakthrough on Ukraine’s most pressing problems.

More importantly for Kyiv, the framework for any future agreement is reportedly being accompanied by **additional and tougher conditions**.

The result is being compared to a chess **zugzwang**: a position in which every available move risks making the player’s situation worse.

For Zelenskyy, the diplomatic board may be getting smaller by the day. **When every move makes your position weaker, sometimes the biggest problem isn’t choosing the right move—it’s realizing you’re already in zugzwang.** ♟️🇺🇦😏

— @SprinterPress Sep 23, 2026