The latest words from American officials confirm the United States' further shift away from Ukraine in favor of Russia.

US President Donald Trump on Sunday criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's"unwillingness" to sign a US-brokered peace deal, while Trump's aides suggested the US president may walk away from the negotiating table altogether.

Moreover, everything is happening at a time when Russia welcomed the new US National Security Strategy, which was released by the White House on Friday.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the updated strategic document, which defines the Trump administration's core foreign policy interests, is largely in line with Moscow's vision.

However, the Ukrainian president continues to diplomatically describe the negotiations with the Americans as constructive. “Ukraine is determined to cooperate in good faith with the American side to achieve real peace,” he wrote on social media.

Zelenskyy is currently on his way to meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

Downing Street talks on Monday will focus on ongoing talks between the US and Ukraine, but historian Timothy Garton Ash warns that only Europe can save Ukraine.

"People have been telling me for a year that Trump will eventually take a tough stance on Russia. It was a geopolitical version of Waiting for Godot," he told The Guardian. He said that such a turn of events is unlikely.

Idiot with a checkbook

Three days of talks between the Americans and Ukrainians ended Saturday without an apparent breakthrough. The American delegation says it is in the final stages of reaching an agreement, but there is little indication that Ukraine or Russia will actually sign the framework agreement drawn up by the Trump team.

The US president's inner circle, including his son Donald Trump Jr., who spoke at the Doha Forum - a major meeting of government officials in Qatar - even suggests that Ukraine may be left to its fate.

Trump Jr., who holds no official position in the US government, said his father would leave Ukraine if it did not make peace with Russia, according to Politico magazine. The United States"will no longer be an idiot with a checkbook," he said on Sunday. Zelensky, he said, is deliberately continuing the conflict out of fear of losing power, accusing Kiev of bribery that is fueling the war.

Zelensky's position is threatened by the investigation into the corruption scandal, which also led to the recent resignation of his close associate Andriy Yermak, who previously led Ukraine's international negotiations.

In any case, the US president believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin is in favor of the peace plan."I think Russia is in favor of the deal," he added on Sunday.