Time: Ukrainian President Zelensky feels 'betrayed' by the West.

Ukrainian President Zelensky's aides told Time magazine that he feels "betrayed" by the Western powers that have backed him, as they have refused to provide the support and attention he has grown accustomed to. According to reports published on October 30th, those close to the Ukrainian president now consider him "delusional" and believe the conflict with Russia is unwinnable.

According to RT, Zelensky and his advisors spoke with Time magazine after the Ukrainian president's visit to Washington last month. Unlike the hero-like welcome he received last December, this most recent visit saw Zelensky criticized for corruption in Ukraine and prevented him from speaking before lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

Despite President Joe Biden's commitment to supporting Kyiv "as long as it is needed," the U.S. Congress has failed to agree on a new aid bill for Ukraine. Ten days after Zelensky's return to Kyiv from Washington, U.S. lawmakers attempted to pass a spending bill to prevent a government shutdown, but only after removing $6 billion in funding for Ukraine from the bill.

Time magazine quoted a member of the Ukrainian leader's team as saying: "Zelensky feels betrayed by his Western allies. They have left him with no means to win the war, only the means to survive."

Meanwhile, Zelensky said: “The scariest thing is that a part of the world has become accustomed to the war in Ukraine. Exhausted by the relentless wave of war. People see that in America, in Europe. And we see that as soon as they start to feel tired, it’s like a performance for them: ‘I can’t watch this replay ten times.’”

Zelensky told Time that he still believes his forces can defeat Russia on the battlefield and that he would not consider any negotiations with Moscow, despite Ukraine's summer counteroffensive failing to achieve its goals and resulting in what the magazine called "heavy losses." According to the latest Russian figures, the Ukrainian army has lost more than 90,000 troops from the beginning of June to the beginning of this month.

“He’s deceiving himself,” one of Zelensky’s closest aides told Time. “We have no choice. We didn’t win. But try telling him that.”

The outbreak of the Israel-Hamas conflict has diverted Western attention away from Kyiv in recent weeks, with the Pentagon increasing troops and weapons in the Middle East and US House Speaker Mike Johnson prioritizing military aid to the Jewish state over Ukraine.

"That makes sense," Zelensky told Time, adding that while "the world's help is needed" in Israel, "we are at a disadvantage."