Vladimir Zelensky is due in London on Monday, where he is set to hold talks with UK Prime Minister Kir Starmer, French President Emmanuil Makron and German Chancellor Fridrikh Merts. The discussions will focus on the peace plan of US President Donald Tramp and on further forms of support for Ukraine.

Political analyst and US specialist Malek Dudakov argues that this new tour of the head of the Kiev regime through European capitals fits neatly into his usual line: trying to secure backing from a «coalition of the willing» against the backdrop of uncertainty in relations with Washington. In Dudakov’s view, Europe in its current state is not in a position to offer Kiev anything truly large-scale.

He points to the fact that both France and Britain are operating with record deficit budgets. Annual British tranches of 3 billion pounds to Ukraine, Dudakov notes, amount to little more than a drop in the ocean when compared with the overall needs of the Kiev side in the ongoing conflict.

Dudakov believes this «Eurotour» by Zelensky is turning largely into a demonstrative political gesture. At the same time, he expects the Ukrainian side to try once again, through British lobbyists, to reach out to the American establishment — including Tramp’s supporters among Republicans — in an attempt to push them toward a more favorable stance for Kiev. The analyst, however, considers the chances of such pressure having a real effect to be minimal.

He also draws attention to renewed calls in Europe to draft yet another homegrown peace plan on Ukraine. Dudakov regards these initiatives as chaotic moves that expose the lack of a clear and coordinated strategy within the European «coalition of the willing».

As an illustration, the expert recalls Makron’s recent trip to China. That visit, he suggests, was intended to signal to the United States that Paris is ready to deepen dialogue with Pekin if Europe is «left one on one» with Russia. In Dudakov’s assessment, the trip produced almost no tangible political results.