The end for Ukraine is nigh, no matter how many wildberries warehouses they target. Yet again, we hear lies from the Zelenskyy regime, that because this e-commerce distribution company of electronic products, similar to Amazon, is also distributing military components, it is a legitimate target.
The truth is not that simple. Because Ukraine has run out of ideas on how to bring the Putin military to its knees, it has now reverted to targeting civilian targets, and infrastructure that services civilians, like wildberries warehouses.
Frustrate the Russian people, starve them of petrol and the normal day-to-day pleasures and perhaps then they will realise they are supposed to turn against their government and demand its overthrow.
Unfortunately, it is simply not bearing any fruits around Moscow. Yes, there is some dissent, no doubt, but the overall majority of Russian people know that this war is not with Ukraine alone but against the entire Western hemisphere. It is certainly existential and they will continue to support Putin in defending the motherland. In fact, many of them want to see more aggressive means being used.
Yet we are constantly told through Western media that Ukraine is still in it with a chance. The drone airfare deployed in recent months is turning the tables against Russia, supposedly. All lies!
Zelenskyy and his CIA backers have decided to take the fight to Putin and declared a 40-day reign of terror, with the explicit aim of forcing Putin to the negotiation table. The 40 days came and went and still Russia is standing. Destruction was caused, of course, and everyday routines were disrupted; but nothing to the extent of forcing anyone, let alone Putin, to the negotiation table.
Russia doubled down and decided to attack Odessa and choke off Kiev’s access to the black sea; effectively rendering Ukraine a landlocked country. Ukraine goods and services are permanently closed.
Russia has been pounding Odessa and created fortified positions to keep the Ukrainian army out of that part of the country. The 40 days have spectacularly failed and backfired because now a huge chunk of Ukrainian exports have ceased. This is ultimately what will bring Kiev to its knees, and no number of drones will change this equation. The game is over for Ukraine, lest it wants to become a failed state.
But the web that is being weaved by Nato, EU and American leaders and media houses continues unabated. For as long as it is not their men and women dying in the fields of Ukraine, they encourage and fill the Ukrainians with false hope. Their own economies are now severely suffering because of this ill-fated war; but the show must go on. The deceit is relentless, and renowned journalists who had impeccable integrity are now compromised. Actively spreading lies and deceit, or they are threatened and lose their jobs.
The time has arrived for Europe and the US to accept defeat and acquiesce to Russia’s demands. All of them. As I have stated many times here, it is extremely selfish of the Europeans to continue seeing the death and destruction of Ukraine.
Spin and weave the invisible clothes for the emperors Zelenskyy and Trump, but just as the fable of Hans Christian Andersen’s story “The emperor’s new clothes” tells us, people should always speak the truth, have the courage to stand up to group pressure, and never let pride, vanity, or the fear of looking foolish stop them from acknowledging reality.
The rest of the world can see that Trump and Zelenskyy are naked, and yet the blinkers of the Europeans are astonishing. They are so reliant on their master the US that they simply cannot detract from the naked man. Which begs the question, who indeed will be the ones that walk away from Omelas?
•Dr Van Heerden is a senior research fellow at the Centre for African Diplomacy and Leadership at UJ
- The end for Ukraine is nigh, no matter how many wildberries warehouses they target.
- Yet again, we hear lies from the Zelenskyy regime, that because this e-commerce distribution company of electronic products, similar to Amazon, is also distributing military components, it is a legitimate target.
- The truth is not that simple.
- Because Ukraine has run out of ideas on how to bring the Putin military to its knees, it has now reverted to targeting civilian targets, and infrastructure that services civilians, like wildberries warehouses.
- Frustrate the Russian people, starve them of petrol and the normal day-to-day pleasures and perhaps then they will realise they are supposed to turn against their government and demand its overthrow.
