Below is an excerpt from this Newsweek article that quotes EMN Associate Director Matthew Hoh.

Russia’s major challenge is to keep its public supportive of the war…That also means keeping other nations from going into the Ukraine camp as well as keeping nations, like Turkey, as strong trading partners.

This challenge is shared by Ukraine. It needs to keep Western support for the war.

Withdrawing support for Ukraine has become a major political issue in both the U.S. Congress and now on the presidential campaign trail, and it is causing divisions as well in European capitals. 

Read the full article here.