The U.S. and Germany allegedly hope to nudge Ukraine to negotiate with Russia through a carefully targeted scope of arms deliveries, according to the German tabloid Bild, Paralel.Az reports citing The Kyiv Independent.

U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reportedly do not plan to directly pressure Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky to the negotiation table, Bild said.

Kyiv's two leading military donors instead plan to provide the exact quantity and quality of arms to ensure that Ukraine can hold the front and have a strong negotiating position, but not enough to fully liberate its territory, according to the news outlet.

"Zelensky should realize that things cannot go on like this. Without any external request," the source told Bild.

"He should address the nation of his own free will and explain that negotiations must be launched."