Is June end to Ukraine-Russia war realistic?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has revealed that the United States has set a June deadline for Kyiv and Moscow to reach an agreement to end their nearly four?year?old war, a timeline the Trump administration is preparing to enforce if progress stalls.

The renewed timetable arrives as U.S. officials signal they believe conditions are increasingly favorable for a breakthrough—at least from Washington’s perspective.

Zelensky told reporters that U.S. officials have made clear they want a “clear schedule” for steps toward a settlement and are prepared to apply pressure on both sides to meet it.

“The Americans are proposing the parties end the war by the beginning of this summer and will probably put pressure on the parties precisely according to this schedule,” the Ukrainian leader said.

The push follows recent U.S.-brokered discussions in Abu Dhabi, where negotiators failed to bridge the fundamental divide over territory: Russia insists Ukraine must withdraw from the Donbas, a demand Kyiv says it will never accept.


Fighting in the region remains intense, with neither side budging from positions that have defined the conflict since 2022.

According to Politico, the Trump administration sees Ukraine in a politically vulnerable moment as Zelensky faces domestic pressure and a corruption scandal within his government, though he personally is not accused of wrongdoing.