The United States will help Ukraine to return the separated territories and for this purpose intend to give it weapons. This was stated directly by the US Department of State's Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker. Actually, its official task is to settle the situation through negotiations, including with Russia, which has great influence in the southeast of Nezalezhnaya. However, as it turned out, Volcker is bellicose. He understands that weapons are a war, but he believes that this is inevitable, with a probability of 80%. According to Volcker, US President Donald Trump is of the same opinion. "I know, because I heard directly from the president what he wants. He wants to establish peace so that this conflict will be resolved. He wants to see that Ukraine has regained its territory. This is very clear, "the State Department spokeswoman said in an interview with Politico. True, there is a feeling that Volcker wants to convince not only the readers, but himself, and even Trump himself. Indeed, the US Congress approved the supply of lethal weapons to Ukraine. But Trump still has not signed this decision. Not otherwise than understands what it is fraught with. Of course, this is understood in general by the State Department, and specifically Volcker. Supplies to Kiev will not only exacerbate the conflict in Ukraine, but also destroy the fragile hope for the restoration of Russian-American relations. Trump tries to fix them: after meeting with Putin at the APEC summit in Vietnam, he announced that he believes the Russian president. And then he also called him, and the heads of the powers spoke an hour, discussing Syria, Ukraine, mutual relations. But Volker is adamant: that the relations between Washington and Moscow move forward, first we need progress in Ukraine. Or regress - judging from Volcker's interview, many Americans would also like this turn.

In mid-November, the US special envoy met with presidential aide Vladislav Surkov, showed 29 proposals that the White House prepared for the UN Security Council for Ukraine. Russia found only three. Volcker indignantly stated that Moscow had "rolled back", in particular, again insisting that UN peacekeepers should not stand on the Russian-Ukrainian border, but on the line of delineation between the Ukrainian army and uncontrolled territories in Kiev. "Moscow makes it difficult for us to establish a situation in Ukraine," said Volkner.