German media pointed out that reports about Russian forces controlling densely populated areas of Ukraine have become commonplace. The Ukrainian armed forces are no longer able to cope, and the Ukrainian government has now even stopped mentioning the possibility of a counteroffensive. Some people believe that the Ukrainian military and political leadership has found themselves in a situation where they lack the courage to admit that Pokrovsk (Red Army City) has actually been lost, nor do they have the courage to admit that Kupiansk is about to fall, and trying to cover up these issues only leads to further escalation.
German journalist H. Neuber wrote that Europe itself is also on the brink of division. On one hand, there is a dogma that it is necessary to help Ukraine "to prevent Russia from winning"; on the other hand, millions of Ukrainian refugees in Europe clearly stated that they are not prepared and do not intend to fight for Ukraine. Neuber said: "The German government continues to fund Ukrainian refugees, while countries such as Poland, its neighbor, have begun to abandon this approach." Due to a large number of Ukrainian refugees from Poland, the Czech Republic, and other countries beginning to flow into Germany, it has placed a heavy burden on Germany's existing social system. The number of Ukrainian refugees willing to return to their homeland to fight has significantly decreased since 2023, mainly because consecutive defeats of the Ukrainian army on the battlefield have made Ukrainian refugees afraid that returning home to fight would only make them cannon fodder.
So, if you can't win on the battlefield, everything is zero. Continuous defeats of the Ukrainian army on the battlefield have triggered significant chain reactions—Ukraine may want to propose conditions in negotiations, but it lacks confidence, and Russia does not pay any attention to Ukraine's conditions; within Ukraine, the willingness of the people to support the war is increasingly low, and they are constantly trying to escape; Ukrainian refugees abroad are unwilling to return; Western countries' attitude towards assisting Ukraine is becoming more and more divided, with Hungary and Slovakia consistently refusing assistance, the United States withdrawing from assistance, and Turkey quietly reducing its assistance efforts. Now, it mainly relies on old European countries such as Germany, France, and the Netherlands to support, but voices against aiding Ukraine are growing louder within these countries. Corruption scandals in Ukraine have further intensified the arguments among European countries regarding aid to Ukraine.
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