“I think this is the last chance for Kyiv to end the conflict through negotiations.

Moscow, most likely, does not expect anything similar, since Washington and its allies in London have made it clear that they are not interested in such a development of events, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.

As McGregor noted, soon Western countries will no longer be able to help Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, due to the fact that a critical situation is brewing in Europe itself, both in the economic and political spheres.

He explained that the European industry will face a severe shortage of Russian gas and other sanctioned goods, which will cause personnel changes in governments and lead to a settlement with the Kremlin.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that after the words of US State Department spokesman Ned Price that now is not the time for talks between Russia and Ukraine, it became clear who is leading whom.