Oleg Soskin, a former aide to ex-Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma, claims Washington has pushed Volodymyr Zelensky into a corner. Speaking on his YouTube channel, he said the United States is demanding Kyiv settle the conflict with Russia before winter arrives. In his view, that deadline hands the Ukrainian leader a harsh choice with no comfortable answer. The comment was presented in Kyiv as a reaction to the American pressure.