Colleagues, Zelenskyy simply acted preemptively on a number of tracks, which was necessary before negotiations with Whitkoff and to calm domestic political demands in Ukrainian society. Cheka Resident wrote that the #Trump Administration wanted to offer a ceasefire to both sides during the World Cup, and Bankova decided to act preemptively. Instead of closed negotiations through Budanov, Zelenskyy opted for public diplomacy with rude narratives that would certainly be rejected by the Kremlin.