Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky—who has benefited from Hollywood adulation that included made-for-the-camera visits by Ben Stiller, Sean Penn, and Orlando Bloom—admitted last week that the long-anticipated counteroffensive is faltering and reminded reporters the war is not a Hollywood movie.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, said last week that the U.S. will be faced with two bleak choices if Kyiv loses the war with Russia.
Still optimistic that there will eventually be a country to reconstruct, the U.S. announced last week that it will provide Ukraine with another $1.3 billion for its post-war rebuilding effort, while insisting that ultimately Russia will be handed the bill.