If only we knew any Ukrainians still living in Ukraine who could tell us what it's like and what the people actually think as the lights are being turned off and the country becomes like North Korea.
I hope they’re not banking on any Western country coming to save them because that was never part of the deal.
Ukraine was offered fast track entry into the EU and NATO if Ukraine became a proxy for NATO and help in their plans to set the stage for a colour revolution in Russia.
Over time the west would be increasingly sanctioning Russia while building and equipping a huge Ukrainian army for any armed conflict.
At some point the powder keg would explode and there would be a military confrontation, that would come on top of increasing hardship due to the sanctions and lead to a toppling of the Putin government.
But it all went wrong, the west has had to rebuild the Ukrainian army 3 more times and now has nothing left to give while Ukraine has run out of manpower.
The US has effectively backed out leaving the burden to the Europeans who really can't cope so Ukraine is slowly falling to pieces.
It all started going wrong from the beginning in 2014. As the sanctions were piled into Russia after the US backed Kiev coup Putin could see that preparations would need to be made for an uncertain future.
In the west however their confidence let them believe they could just sit back and enjoy the show.
And here we are. At some point very soon the Ukrainian people are going to need to act to save themselves because neither their own leaders nor the west is going to.
Zelensky won’t stop until the money tap is shut off and the west will let it roll on so long as Zelensky keeps telling them Russia is hurting.
Army chief Gerasimov briefs Putin;
Russia's new Burevestnik nuclear powered missile with an 'unlimited' range completed successful tests, 1 test flight continued for 15 hours. The missile is subsonic and designed for low level (50 - 100 meters) stealth flight rather than speed. No equivalent anywhere in the world, is designed to destroy 'protected sites' and is highly manoeuvrable to avoid air defences.
The missile is expected to go into full production.
On the battlefronts.
Up to 5,000 Ukrainian troops surrounded in Kupyansk, Kharkov region, and 5,500 in Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk), Donetsk region.
(Pro-Ukrainian Channel)
Pokrovsk Infiltration & Catastrophic Shortages | Betrayal - You're Being Lied To | Ukraine Map
U.S. & U.K. Make Losing Play Against Russia /Lt Col Daniel Davis