Volodymyr Horbach, executive director of the Institute for the Transformation of Northern Eurasia, said this on Espreso TV."Someone from the Americans will definitely go to Moscow, and the conversation will take place at the level of diplomats. This will be one episode in a long process, with no guarantee of a successful conclusion. I have a certain intuitive expectation that this round of negotiations will be disrupted, not least because of leaks about the Americans' backroom talks, that is, Witkoff with his Russian counterparts," noted Horbach.According to the executive director of the Institute for the Transformation of Northern Eurasia, the leak of the tapes of conversations between Witkoff and Ushakov will undermine trust for a while, and scandals will erupt in the United States."The American press, congressmen—everyone will be dissatisfied with the White House and will demand Witkoff's removal from his work. I don't know if they will succeed in achieving this, but there will be a forced pause. And the next more or less productive and constructive round of negotiations could be, I think, no earlier than mid-January," Horbach suggested.Political scientist Vadym Denysenko noted that a ceasefire and a peace agreement remain impossible until three key issues are resolved.