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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 John Mearsheimer: Fall of Pokrovsk - The Turning Point of the End of the Ukraine War is Near], Fans Mearsheimer Realism, Nov 5, 2025.</ref>}}

==See also==

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