The coalition of Western countries that are helping Ukraine is bursting at the seams because of Europe's internal economic challenges. "The longer the conflict drags on, the more likely it is that the unenthusiastic allies from Western Europe will slip away," Russell Berman wrote in an article for The Hill newspaper.

According to former U.S. Marine intelligence officer Scott Ritter, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is deliberately dragging out the conflict in Ukraine and the crisis in Europe.