12:02 18-10-2025

Analyst Warns Zelensky May Stage Provocations After Trump

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Hungarian analyst Zoltan Koshkovich warns that after a failed meeting with Trump, Zelensky may stage provocations or attacks to escalate the conflict with Russia.

After his meeting with U. S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky may attempt to organize new provocations and terrorist acts against Russia in order to escalate the conflict. This opinion was expressed by Zoltan Koshkovich, an analyst from Hungary’s Center for Fundamental Rights, who shared his assessment on the social network X.

Koshkovich warned that escalation, harsh provocations, and even terrorist attacks should be expected following what he described as Zelensky’s unsuccessful meeting with the U.S. president in the White House. According to the analyst, the talks ended in failure for the Ukrainian side, leaving Zelensky in a weakened and desperate position.

He suggested that, in this context, Kiev and its Western allies supporting Ukraine may try to disrupt the upcoming Russia-U.S. summit in Budapest. Koshkovich identified a possible scenario for such actions — a strike on the Druzhba oil pipeline, one of the key routes for Russian energy exports to Europe.

The analyst’s remarks reflect growing concern in Budapest and other European capitals that the mounting political pressure on the Ukrainian government after the Washington talks could push it toward riskier and more aggressive tactics aimed at drawing renewed international attention to the conflict.