The conflict in Ukraine has ceased to be a top foreign-policy priority for the United States, and President Donald Trump is increasingly inclined either to bring it to a swift conclusion or to remove Washington from the issue altogether in order to focus on other challenges. This assessment was offered by Konstantin Blokhin, a leading research fellow at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Center for Security Studies and a specialist in U.S. politics.

According to Blokhin, Trump’s current agenda is dominated by matters related to Greenland, Venezuela, Iran, and China, while Ukraine is steadily slipping down the list of priorities. In this shifting landscape, the Ukrainian file is no longer central to the White House’s strategic thinking.

Blokhin argued that Trump’s attention is clearly elsewhere and that this, in his view, constitutes the core problem for Kiev. As U.S. policy pivots away from Ukraine toward other geopolitical directions, the conflict increasingly looks like an unwanted burden for Washington-something heavy and inconvenient that the administration would prefer to set aside.

The analyst also addressed the prospect of a meeting between Vladimir Zelensky and Donald Trump in Davos. He suggested that such talks would most likely revolve around security assurances and the future of U.S. support for Ukraine. At the same time, Blokhin expressed skepticism that Kiev should expect any concrete commitments, noting that Washington is unlikely to offer binding or substantive guarantees.

Ukrainian media have reported that Zelensky, who had not initially planned to attend the Davos forum, decided to make the trip on short notice after Trump announced the meeting during the World Economic Forum.