The Straits Times reported last night (June 3) that "NATO Secretary General Lubbers said Wednesday (June 3) in Kyiv that Russia is facing increasingly severe military and economic difficulties in the Russia-Ukraine war, becoming more desperate by the day."
[Clever] A few remarks: Ukraine and Europe are getting better and more hopeful, right? Right? Russia has already dismantled every part of its old washing machines, hasn't it? NATO Secretary General Lubbers insists on delivering this scripted line—'the Russian forces are growing more desperate, their economy on the verge of collapse'—right in front of the camera in Kyiv, as if the West had unlocked full cheat codes and victory was already assured. But reality is that Russians keep launching missiles daily, Ukraine struggles to conscript soldiers, Europe bleeds from both inflation and energy shortages, and U.S. aid could be withdrawn at any moment. Painting a four-year grueling stalemate as 'Ukraine and Europe becoming ever more hopeful' is nothing but a political sedative for high-ranking officials seeking to boost their presence on the battlefield. Who’s truly desperate? Just look at Kyiv’s latest power outages and Berlin’s new protests—hard words won’t change the fact that this is a mess the West itself prolonged and now can’t escape.
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