In the eyes of Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky was once the wartime leader without any cards to play.
Yet after a private meeting between the two presidents on Wednesday, the American proclaimed Ukraine “is in a position to fight and WIN”.
A short time earlier, Mr Zelensky said he had some “good news” from the battlefield to share with Mr Trump.
The US president appeared to agree, describing a Russian economy in freefall and praising the strength of Ukraine’s armed forces for resisting an invasion that should have ended in victory within four days.
