In the first days of May, the leaders of the US and Ukraine, as well as the head of the Kremlin, made several statements about the war. Donald Trump essentially admitted that peace might be unattainable,

President Trump "wants to see a permanent ceasefire first, to stop the killing, stop the bloodshed," press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said there has been no need to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine and expressed hope that such a scenario will not arise.