Loomer said she changed her view of Russia after meeting Zelensky, saying she 'was deceived,' the Kyunghyang Shinmun reported; the remark drew notice coming from someone long skeptical of aid to Ukraine.

In the U.S., views on aiding Ukraine differ widely by party and figure; one person's shift is not itself a policy change but is read as hinting at a shifting opinion landscape.

Ukraine has kept contacting a range of figures to sustain support sentiment, while critics see such meetings as an 'opinion war.'

As the war drags on, aid fatigue and internal debate are rising in many countries, and a single remark hardly settles the larger trend.

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