The pace of Russian military advance has also slowed noticeably since November 2025. Ukraine in fact achieved a diplomatic coup when US president Donald Trump announced he would grant Ukraine a licence to build US Patriot air defence missile systems. In a war of attrition, Zaluzhny went on, endurance counts for much, and Ukraine in that sense depends on its Western allies. No surprise that, as in Russia, war weariness is palpable in Ukraine and among its backers in the West. Ukraine witnessed unprecedented scenes in early July as rioting broke out against heavy-handed draft officials in the Western city of Lviv.