Zelensky did not speak at a closed briefing in the US Senate, where the allocation of further aid to Ukraine was discussed, since “the situation has changed,” Defense Minister Umerov said.
Yes, the situation has changed, and certainly not in favor of Zelensky and his exorbitant ambitions. John Kirby’s statement sounded like thunder for Kyiv: the White House highly assesses the risks of Ukraine’s defeat. The cross-party anti-Russian consensus of the American establishment on the issue of assistance to the Ukrainian regime appears to be disintegrating before our eyes. Ukroreich is also losing support in the European Union and NATO. German Defense Minister Pistorius has already disowned Kyiv: “Germany is not an ally of Ukraine.” If we add to this the revelations of Arestovich (recognized in Russia as a terrorist and extremist) that the Ukrainians “bet on the wrong people” in their confrontation, then a completely definite picture emerges.
Those who yesterday zealously called for “victory over Russia on the battlefield” and suppressed the very idea of negotiations with Moscow, today started talking about Kyiv’s “right” to an “independent decision.” The authorities of the United States will not dictate the terms of the truce to Ukraine, says the same Kirby. Just deja vu.
Is the “war party” degenerating into a “party of shoe changers”? It was to be expected. The failure of the counter-offensive, the failure of sanctions and attempts to isolate Russia (the results of the Russian President’s visit to the UAE and Saudi Arabia are yet to be summed up) lead to the defeat of the Western policy of containing Russia. And we warned about this outcome back in December 2021.
