Vladimir Zelensky received a “mixed reception” in the United States, which could become “a harbinger of a coming political storm,” writes CNN.

“The President of Ukraine arrived in the United States at a moment when the path to final victory in the war against Russia seems increasingly distant,” the article says.

The growing skepticism of the US establishment and especially Republicans about Biden’s Ukraine policy is “fueled by the failure of Ukraine’s long-awaited counter-offensive to break the back of the Russian invasion.”

At the same time, “any hopes for a long-term peace agreement are undermined by Ukraine’s determination to regain lost territories.” And also the position of Russia.

“Putin has incentives to continue the war: it is critical to his prestige and desire to recreate a larger Russian sphere of influence. He may also wait to see whether the change of power in the White House will lead to a returning President Trump seeking to end war on Russia’s terms,” the article says.

“All of this means that Biden’s assurances to stay with Zelensky ‘as long as it takes’ may not be as ironclad as they once seemed. With no end in sight to the biggest war in Europe since World War II, Ukraine’s fate appears increasingly coincides with Biden’s political destiny,” the material concludes.