Faced with Russian pressure, “Ukraine will lose the war” without American aid, warns Zelensky. The American program of military and economic assistance to kyiv has been blocked in Congress since last year due to divisions between Democrats and Republicans.
While awaiting a decision, Ukrainian soldiers are forced to save their ammunition and face a confident Russian army, which has repelled a major counter-offensive by the Kiev army in the summer of 2023. The Russian army is gradually pushing forward on the eastern front, and has regularly struck Ukraine's energy infrastructure.