Any attempts by Ukraine to discuss de-escalation with Russia or to create an environment conducive to talks face a strong headwind from the US and UK, whose governments have continued their bellicose rhetoric to score “easy political points,” a British foreign affairs analyst told Sputnik.

“The Ukrainian stance doesn’t matter. As the last few days proved, neither President Biden or the mainstream media in the West care about the Ukrainian perspective,” Adriel Kasonta, a London-based foreign affairs analyst and former chairman of the International Affairs Committee at the Bow Group think tank, said on Tuesday.

Noting that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy contradicted Biden’s claims about a potential Russian invasion in the coming days, Kasonta said that “one seemed to pay much attention to what he was saying.”