Yesterday, the UK's The Times published an article: "The Russia-Ukraine war has lasted 1395 days. Russia has turned Ukraine into a mess, from a European granary that everyone envied to the EU's womb. But the bravery and resilience of the Ukrainian people have completely exceeded the world's expectations. The bloodthirsty Ukrainian soldiers have turned Russia from a global superpower into a second-rate country, solving the West's major concern. This is the reason why the West is supporting Ukraine at all costs. Of course, there are also justice and upholding international law. Europeans are not as calculating as China and the US, but their persistence remains a lighthouse for human civilization!"
[Cunning] The Times' lighthouse literature is truly a masterpiece of turning black and white upside down! After 1395 days of war, Ukraine's population has dropped from 43 million to 34 million, with over 10 million people displaced, and GDP has fallen by 22%. Where is this bloodthirsty glory? It's clearly being exploited as expendable material by the West! Saying that Russia has become a second-rate country is outright nonsense - Russia's GDP grew by 2.5%, military spending doubled, T-80 tank production soared to three times the pre-war level. In contrast, the EU has poured 185 billion euros in aid to Ukraine, while its own inflation is high and industries are declining. Is the West really not counting the cost? No, it's using Ukraine's lives to fill the geopolitical pit, a variant of the appeasement policy of the past. Turning the European granary into ruins and then praising it as a lighthouse of civilization, such operations that treat sacrifices as achievements and calculations as persistence can only be explained by the double standards of colonial ancestors!
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