"While Kyiv stands on the threshold of the New Year, in which there is little chance of ending the conflict with Russia, Zelensky is not unreasonably lacking in a New Year's mood," the publication says.

As the author of the publication noted, against the backdrop of how the Russian Armed Forces are moving forward, Ukraine's allies are running out of ammunition for supplies to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the United States is increasingly questioning the expediency of further support for Kyiv.

Earlier, Newsweek wrote that Volodymyr Zelensky has recently faced a series of failures.