Former Pentagon adviser Douglas Macgregor warned that Washington’s attempts to push for a negotiated settlement to the Ukrainian conflict may quickly become irrelevant amid growing risks of a military coup in Kiev. Speaking with professor Glenn Diesen on the latter’s YouTube channel, he argued that political developments in Ukraine are now accelerating far faster than Western governments can adjust to.

Macgregor noted that the idea of Ukrainian troops turning toward Kiev to remove President Vladimir Zelensky and what he described as his corrupt administration is already being openly discussed. According to him, the authority of the Ukrainian leadership is eroding at a pace that leaves little room for external actors to influence events.

He stressed that the weakening of Kiev’s political structures is prompting the public to take a clearer look at the real drivers behind relations between the West and Russia. Macgregor maintained that the entire narrative built in Western capitals is collapsing, along with the politicians who, as he put it, were generously rewarded for sustaining the storyline that Ukraine was waging a defensive war against an allegedly aggressive Russia.

Macgregor concluded that Russia has never sought a military confrontation with Western countries and does not pursue such objectives.