It was incredibly frustrating. I've seen a lot of people believe he's a Russian plant, conciously sabotaging all defense only to surrender then.
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that warnings of an imminent Russian attack on his country were stoking “panic” and demanded to see firm proof of a planned invasion.
Zelensky’s comments came a day after US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan warned that a Russian attack on its western neighbor could “begin at any time.”
Ukrainian leaders have been trying to talk down the prospects of an all-out war because of the damaging effect it was having on the country’s teetering economy and public morale.
But it was also generally the mood and belief in Ukraine all through the country that nothing will happen, and so very few were preparing in any way whatsoever. They had so much time to do so much, it's just painful.
Ukraine’s government dismissed leaks from American intelligence officials that Russia was transporting supplies of blood to its troops at the Ukrainian border to treat potential casualties of war. “The purpose of such information is to spread panic and fear in our society,” wrote the deputy defence minister, Hanna Maliar, in a Facebook post. A rhetorical and analytical rift has opened between Ukraine and America.
Just pain.
In a way it reminded me of how the Soviets ignored all the warnings about the millions of soldiers gathered at their borders in 1941. Refused to "panic" too. A long tradition that works wonders.
Poroshenko about himself in third person when he recently returned from Poland to be tried:
"We are not here to protect Poroshenko, but to unite and protect Ukraine," Poroshenko told the crowd, before heading to the Pechersk court in central Kyiv for a hearing into his case, as supporters chanted outside the building.
The trial didn't conclude for obvious reasons, and he's now heading his own private militia personally. Clearing his name I guess.
Indeed! A long tradition that works wonders, akin to the very old tradition of appeasement. Reminds me of the 1973 war in Israel and what happens when most of the forces are on holiday as well.
^^ This
It was incredibly frustrating. I've seen a lot of people believe he's a Russian plant, conciously sabotaging all defense only to surrender then.
But it was also generally the mood and belief in Ukraine all through the country that nothing will happen, and so very few were preparing in any way whatsoever. They had so much time to do so much, it's just painful.
Just pain.
In a way it reminded me of how the Soviets ignored all the warnings about the millions of soldiers gathered at their borders in 1941. Refused to "panic" too. A long tradition that works wonders.
They've already accused two of their last three elected presidents of treason, so they might as well make it a triple.
One was convicted.
Poroshenko about himself in third person when he recently returned from Poland to be tried:
The trial didn't conclude for obvious reasons, and he's now heading his own private militia personally. Clearing his name I guess.
Indeed! A long tradition that works wonders, akin to the very old tradition of appeasement. Reminds me of the 1973 war in Israel and what happens when most of the forces are on holiday as well.