He expressed his opinion with Espreso.
"The closest Kremlin leadership's concept was determined on May 9. Putin's pathetic speech showed that his entourage had persuaded him to abandon the original goal of the war against Ukraine. They reached a consensus on the idea of consolidating on the Kherson-Kharkiv line and using all their Western agents to force Ukraine to sign a peace agreement on their terms. From the same day, Macron began to say that Russia shouldn't be humiliated," Piontkovsky explained.
He said that to achieve their goals Putin has used all of his agents in the West.
"Putin is using all of his Western agents' opportunities. Putin started using very respectable people. For example, Richard Haass and The Washington Post columnist David Ignatius. They all speak the same way, calling on the West to force Ukraine to go to a truce. The final point in this situation was the New York Times article, which called on US President Biden to immediately explain to Zelensky that there are limits to how much the US can help other countries. Although the Western allies haven't yet provided anything to Ukraine. A political decision has been made, but Ukraine hasn't yet received any powerful weapons," Piontkovsky added.