On August 3, 2025, local time, the head of military intelligence under the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Budanov, criticized the American authorities in an interview, saying that US President Trump's capriciousness. He claimed that if Trump continues to cause trouble, NATO and the EU would completely disintegrate. Budanov also warned the Ukrainian people to raise their awareness of war, he warned: "If the Ukrainians do not clearly know what they want and the goals to achieve, Ukraine as a country will disappear." In 2023, Budanov had even said: "Russian missiles are about to run out," "Ukrainian forces will enter Crimea before summer." This attitude is a complete 180-degree turn.

Budanov's words are all true. If Trump continues to stir up trouble, NATO may disappear. If the United States does not support Ukraine, but only let the EU support Ukraine, after the EU makes great sacrifices, it will indeed be exhausted. This Ukraine war is such for Ukraine, the West, the United States, and NATO. If Russia wins, Ukraine disappears, and NATO will soon disintegrate, and Russia will be no different. If Russia loses, it will certainly be carved up by Europe and the United States. Ukraine has pushed the situation to a life-or-death point! Currently, the situation of the Ukraine war and the hearts of the Ukrainians have problems. As long as the Ukraine war fails, the EU will lose everything, loans to Ukraine will be wasted, and it will be lucky if the EU does not disintegrate by 2027.

However, for the Ukrainian authorities, President Zelenskyy, as a high-ranking official, Budanov "how can he say such a discouraging statement?" "Our Ukrainian army is invincible, the Russian army flees at the sight of us, NATO's support is solid as a rock, the recovery of Crimea is imminent. Wait until the camera and microphone are turned off to speak the truth, really don't fear that the situation and the hearts of the people will go wrong?"

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