| | Dissent was growing inside Ukraine's [[political]] circles. Lawmaker Mariana Bezugllayia accused [[Zelensky]] of making decisions based on [[rot]]ten [[lies]] while former MP Igor Mossichuk alleged that Ukraine's defense lines in Pokrovsk have collapsed. [[International relations]] expert [[John Mearsheimer]] summarized: | | Dissent was growing inside Ukraine's [[political]] circles. Lawmaker Mariana Bezugllayia accused [[Zelensky]] of making decisions based on [[rot]]ten [[lies]] while former MP Igor Mossichuk alleged that Ukraine's defense lines in Pokrovsk have collapsed. [[International relations]] expert [[John Mearsheimer]] summarized: |
| − | {{Cquote|Every [[war]] ends when illusion dies and Prokovsk is where that death begins. The collapse unfolding there is not just of a [[city]] but of a world view. From the outset, the [[Ukraine war]] was framed by [[Western alliance|Western leaders]] not as a [[geopolitical]] contest but as a [[moral]] crusade, [[democracy]] versus [[autocracy]], light versus darkness. That framing doomed [[strategy]] to failure. Wars are not won by [[virtue]]. They are determined by capability, [[geography]], and endurance. The [[liberal]] [[Western world|West]] forgot this.<ref>https://youtu.be/NjbQPgGRIHY</ref>}} | + | {{Cquote|Every [[war]] ends when illusion dies, and Prokovsk is where that death begins. The collapse unfolding there is not just of a [[city]] but of a world view. From the outset, the [[Ukraine war]] was framed by [[Western alliance|Western leaders]], not as a [[geopolitical]] contest, but as a [[moral]] crusade, [[democracy]] versus [[autocracy]], light versus darkness. That framing doomed [[strategy]] to failure. Wars are not won by [[virtue]]. They are determined by capability, [[geography]], and endurance. The [[liberal]] [[Western world|West]] forgot this.<ref>https://youtu.be/NjbQPgGRIHY</ref>}} |