Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that the world is used to the war in Ukraine and that the West has betrayed him, and some of his advisers no longer believe in victory over Russia, writes Time magazine in an extended report cited by Meduza.

The report, published by Time magazine, is based on interviews with Zelensky, members of his team, as well as anonymous sources close to the Ukrainian president.

The text is signed by the well-known reporter Simon Schuster, who spent two weeks in Kyiv with the Ukrainian president in April last year, later publishing “Inside Zelenskyi’s World”, another major story about the first months after the start of the Russian invasion. .

Shuster’s new material begins with a description of Zelenskyi’s visit to Washington in September of this year, and earlier the American press reported that this time the president of Ukraine was received much colder than during his first visit to the United States after the beginning of the Russian one. intrusion.

Time magazine writes that during the visit, Zelenskyi looked detached and agitated, explaining this to Shuster that he was tired of convincing allies that Ukraine could defeat the Russian army with their help.

Zelenskyi says he told US politicians that Ukraine will lose the war without US help

“No one believes in our victory as much as I do. No one,” the President of Ukraine emphasized in an interview with Time after his new visit to the United States.

He said that American politicians directly asked him what would happen to Ukraine if it lost the support of the United States. “We’re going to lose,” he told them.

“The worst thing is that part of the world is already used to the war in Ukraine. War fatigue comes in waves. You see it in the US, in Europe. And we see it immediately [occidentalii] they get a little tired, everything becomes like a series for them: “I can’t watch it for the tenth time,” Zelensky told Time.

The magazine also notes that the visit of the President of Ukraine to Washington did not in any way change the trend of decreasing American support for aid to Ukraine.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll released in early October found that only 41 percent of respondents agreed that Washington should supply arms to Ukraine, while 35 percent said they opposed or were unsure about it.

One of the Ukrainian officials who spoke to Time, and who, according to American journalists, is part of Zelenskyi’s “closest entourage,” said the president returned to Kyiv “furious.”

Why does the Ukrainian president believe that his Western partners have betrayed him

“His usual glimmer of optimism, his sense of humor, his tendency to liven up a meeting in the war room with a bit of banter or a silly joke — none of that survived his second year of total war,” Shuster wrote of Zelensky’s change.

“He comes in, gets the news, gives orders and leaves,” one longtime member of his team described the president’s demeanor.

Another source even reported that Zelensky believes that the Western allies have “betrayed” him, since Ukraine is not receiving the weapons necessary to win the war, but only to continue it.

But people in Zelenskyi’s team told Time that despite recent setbacks on the front, he has no intention of giving up the fight or opening any peace talks with Vladimir Putin.

Zelensky rules out any talks with Putin or the Russians until they withdraw their troops

His position on this has become quite radical, according to his advisers, some of whom are worried about it.

“He is deceiving himself. I’ve run out of options. We won’t win. But try to tell him that,” one of Zelenskyi’s closest advisers told Shuster.

Zelensky himself admitted that he has no intention of negotiating with the Russian authorities even on a temporary truce until Ukraine frees its territories.

“For us, it would mean leaving an open wound for future generations. Perhaps this will reassure some in our country and beyond, at least those who want it all to end at any cost. But it’s a problem for me because we’re left with this explosive force,” he told Time, referring to the presence of Russian troops in occupied Ukrainian territories.

“We are simply postponing its detonation,” he emphasized

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