Make no mistake: the courageous Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was greeted with a rousing and sincere ovation, but despite this, his visit to Washington was a military summit. And, it seems, it ended with the two allies having disagreements in their views on their strategies and the end of the war..

American journalist and writer David Ignatius writes about this in an article for the Washington Post.. He explains that, noting the lack of agreement between Washington and Kyiv, he is not trying to belittle the extraordinary success of Zelensky's visit.. A Ukrainian leader in a green military suit and combat boots brought the world to life again as he walked through the White House and the Capitol with the gait of a fighter who will never give up..

In his address to Congress, Zelenskiy said emphatically that he was seeking " This is what President Franklin Roosevelt promised when the US entered World War II..

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Zelensky used the word " It's pretty eloquent that Biden never used the word once.. Instead, he vowed to support Ukraine's "

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Ignatius writes that Zelensky's reference to Roosevelt was reminiscent of yet another military summit, namely the Casablanca conference in January 1943, which was attended by then US President and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.. It was at this meeting that Roosevelt first proclaimed that his goal was the "

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Ignatius notes that the Russian-Ukrainian war will almost certainly not end with the complete annihilation of the Russian military force. This may explain why Biden actively resists the " He was candid about this on Wednesday during a White House press conference when a Ukrainian reporter asked if the administration was going to give Kyiv long-range missiles capable of hitting Russia and giving Ukraine " Biden responded that the transfer of such powerful weapons could lead to the collapse of NATO. He added that the allies in the alliance " They don't want World War III." Biden said it like it's what the allies want. But avoiding direct conflict between the US and Russia, despite supporting the Ukrainian resistance, was one of the central military goals of the American president..

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There is another disagreement between the views of the leaders of Ukraine and the United States on the conflict. For Biden, it's about stopping Vladimir Putin and Russia's " And when Putin realizes that he definitely cannot win the war, then Zelensky will be able to decide how he wants the war to end, achieving a just peace, Biden explained. Zelensky offers a slightly different wording.

“Like dozens of Ukrainians I spoke to during two visits to Kyiv last fall, he obviously sees not just Putin as an enemy, but Russia itself,” writes Ignatius..

“Russians will have a chance to be free only when they defeat the Kremlin in their heads,” Ukrainian President told Congress.

He described Ukraine's success as a victory for the Europeans, for the free Western world that Ukrainians have wanted to join for centuries..

" And it will never affect our minds again,” Zelensky said..

Both: Biden and Zelensky, asked about the world. The American leader pushed his Ukrainian counterpart by saying that "

" It could end today if Putin had any dignity at all and made the right choice by stepping back.. But that's not going to happen...now,"

Zelenskiy said he has a " Ignatius agrees that this is now the correct answer.. But a minute later he gave a more detailed comment.

" I don't know what a " This is a very philosophical description… For me, as a president, a just world is when there are no compromises on the sovereignty, freedom and territorial integrity of my country, it is compensation for the harm caused by Russian aggression,” the Ukrainian president said.

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Ignatius remarks that peace and restitution are not the same. The war in Ukraine is part of the information war. And Zelensky's visit to Washington was a victory in this regard.. He showed the world " He presented his ally - the United States - with a battle flag signed by soldiers participating in the most brutal land war in Europe, which have not been seen for a very long time.. Zelenskiy got his message right:

the challenge now is to hold out through a brutal winter and maintain the “steel inflexibility” that Biden praised.. The U.S. needs to send more weapons that will allow Ukraine to keep its lines and also push the Russians out where possible while protecting civilians from missiles and drones.

“At some point next year, you will have to deal with the tension that lurks under the surface of this military summit.. Greater clarity and unity will be required on what Ukrainian success should be, other than “absolute victory”. But for now, let's accept Zelensky's formula: "