Mr. Zelensky: Everybody knows the war is over….everybody knows Ukraine lost

 Mr. Zelensky: Everybody knows the war is over….everybody knows Ukraine lost

Volodymyr Zelensky won the 2019 Ukraine presidency over incumbent Petro Poroshenko with overwhelming support from the Donbas Ukrainians tired of being brutalized and murdered by the ultra-nationalist Kyiv government installed by the US supported coup in 2014. Zelensky had pledged to unify Ukraine’s desperate East-West factions, ending the 5 year long civil war for Donbas freedom and independence.

Once in office Zelensky was informed by the real Kyiv power to either play ball with the purge of Donbas nationalism or leave Kyiv for his health. Zelensky chose the former. He turned on his Donbas base, ramping up the civil war and pledging to join NATO to keep Russia from intervening.

All that accomplished was the Russian invasion three years later. Russia spent that entire time pleading with Ukraine, the US and EU NATO members to fulfill their promise to grant Donbas independence under Ukraine sovereignty. The US, NATO and Ukraine simply stalled to build up Ukraine military to finish off Donbas Ukrainians.

Big mistake. Russia didn’t bluff on its warnings. Twenty-one months into the war, Ukraine is finished. Their trumpeted counteroffensive was a bust. They are running out of soldiers to fight no matter how many hundreds of billions in weapons Uncle Sam sends them. And Uncle Sam, sensing imminent defeat, is finally suggesting that negotiations must be considered. Besides, the US is more interested in sending billions in weapons for Israel to finish of the ethnic cleansing and destruction of Gaza, a sure winner instead of a sure loser.

Even the Ukraine military is now going public with ominous warnings the war cannot be won. Why go public? President Zelensky remains in denial of the impending loss of the area in Eastern Ukraine he was trying to destroy. Time Magazine quotes Zelensky’s advisors who charge he is in conflict with his generals, that his strategy for wining no longer reflects the reality on the battlefield, and verges on the messianic. They say, “We’re out of options. We’re not winning. But try telling him that.”

Everybody knows the war is over. Everybody knows that Ukraine lost. Everybody knows but Volodymyr Zelensky.