Ukraine is looking to accelerate peace talks and capitalize on diplomatic momentum after US President Donald Trump said he wants a deal to end the war by June.
Trump proposed the new deadline after two days of US-brokered talks between Ukraine and Russia in Abu Dhabi ended with no major breakthroughs.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pegged the ambitious timeline to the US midterms, saying Trump will want a foreign policy win before he pivots to the November elections.
But Trump is also resorting to a familiar playbook: He has “set and reset timelines” in Ukraine multiple times before and used similar tactics toward Hamas and Iran, NBC News wrote.