As Volodymyr Zelensky considers his circumstances well into the fifth year of a war, his implacable foe, Russian President Vladimir Putin, thought would be over in a week or two, the Ukrainian president is facing some bitter realities.

President Donald Trump is no longer in his corner, if he ever was. Trump cut U.S. aid to zero and is considering ending the sale of Patriot missiles to Ukraine now that the Iran war has depleted U.S. stocks.