Ogee wrote: Wed Nov 05, 2025 9:01 pm Zelensky is either stepping beyond delusion and into the realms of a mental breakdown,

OR, he's trying to pull the scam of the century on the Ukrainian people,

OR, he wants to get rid of Syrsky the Ukrainian army chief and is lining him up as a scapegoat.

In his latest briefing Zelensky claims Ukraine are mopping up the remnants of the Russian army in Kupainsk and are pushing them out of Pokrovsk.

There are literally dozens of geolocated Russian AND Ukrainian videos that prove this is completely untrue.

Even popular Ukrainian commentators are reporting the exact opposite.

One (Julian Ropcke) admits that the Russians now occupy 85% of Pokrovsk and that Kupainsk is nearly surrounded.

And many mappers are now showing Russian troops are close to meeting up and completely closing up the Pokrovsk encirclement, something they have not done before, and indicates that they do not intend to let any of the Ukrainian army escape. They want the PR victory of mass Ukrainian prisoners.

Shamefully some western MSM are repeating Zelensky's claims as being true in spite of the many videos of Russian troops walking around in the very north of the city.

Many commentators are expecting the Russian army to announce complete control of Pokrovsk within days.

Remember that Putin just days ago offered safe passage into Pokrovsk to any Western or Ukrainian journalists who wanted to go see for themselves, but it seems none are actually that interested.

Meanwhile Syrsky is apparently out of favour and Zelensky is being encouraged to replace him with a nationalist hardliner (who's name escapes me at the moment).

There are many reports of Ukrainian counterattacks to try to break the encirclement, the Russians say Ukraine tried 10 in one day all on the same axis but they were all too weak and were all beaten back.

Remember that this has been going on for months now and the Ukrainian numbers are dwindling. Zelensky always says ground has been gained but it's gone again the next day.

A look at territory movement has shown, even on Ukrainian maps, a large gain for the Russians in October.

And Zelensky has just admitted that he really is running out of money now. The US won't stump up and the Europeans don't have any.

Belgium, where most of the Russian frozen assets are held, is refusing to release them unless there are EU guarantees to share the costs if Belgium is forced to repay any stolen money by the courts.

The EU countries are refusing to give Belgium any such guarantees, especially France and Italy. Very telling indeed.

The only course of action left to Zelensky will be to start massive money printing and God help the Ukrainian people when he does.