I suspect you are correct, these are Change-The-Narrative transition articles.
As the US grows closer to the 2024 elections, Biden is going to have to do something with regard to addressing his pitiful performance wrt the economy, illegal entry via our Southern Border and other matters relating to his corruption involving Hunter and UKR. To me that spells moving away from saving UKR to only tacit words-only support and then abandonment.
Not good for UKR. Biden can’t and won’t need them as a distraction anymore which, as a distraction, isn’t working. Either way, whether he wins or loses the election, UKR won’t be the number one world issue that Zelenski so desperately wants.