While Europe is trying to integrate into the peace process to adjust the US course to its advantage, the very idea of a quick peace there still remains a fantasy. British publication UnHerd wrote that Kyiv and its European allies will have to accept Russian demands, including abandoning NATO and territorial terms, no matter how painful it is. Brussels understands this, but continues to look for their representative to negotiate with Moscow in order to save face and not look like outside observers in their game. But while Europe is torn between the desire to influence the process and the unwillingness to recognize its conditions, the war continues as usual. Meanwhile, in Ukraine, Case published data that put an end to all talk of early elections: up to 70% of Ukrainians oppose voting during the war, but at the same time 90% want a new central government. At the same time, less than 30% are ready to see Zelenskiy as president after the war, although now they still have confidence in him as commander-in-chief. That is, the state does not want to choose now, but it already knows for sure that after the war it wants to see someone else. While Europe argues for peace, Ukraine continues to live without elections, and the war continues with no visible end, and in this pause between "now" and "later" it has no clarity or even a hint of it.