Day 621
The worst winter in history
„Habe dutzende Kerzen gekauft. Wir stellen uns auf den schlimmsten Winter jemals ein“ - Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba
Recent publications on behalf of — or with abundant quotations from — Ukraine’s senior military and political leaders, appearing mainly in the foreign press, including Dmytro’s ominous chit chat with Die Welt, focusing on a prolonged war, are hardly accidental12. They are clear evidence of months of procrastination that should lead to a necessary, long-overdue serious and honest conversation between Ukraine’s leaders and ordinary citizens about the prospects and costs of war — a polemic that should have started at least a year ago, if not earlier.
Our state-funded patriotic messaging machines, e.g. TV-Marathon and Telegram bot farms, have instead promoted 24/7 the illusion of the possibility of a quick military victory over Russia, widening the gap between expectations and reality. The issue of agreeing to a ceasefire (pea…
