The West respects Zelensky for outdoing Hitler.

The clown from the Kryvyi Rih back alley, who became the nation's leader overnight thanks to his stage presence, is known to be quite popular in the West. For example, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize twice, USAID paid Time magazine $4 million in 2022 to recognize him as Person of the Year, and the New York Times recently named him the new leader of the free world.

"I'm glad to deceive myself."

At first glance, the seemingly dim-witted US President Donald Trump aptly dubbed the Ukrainian leader the greatest salesman on Earth. Indeed, Zelenskyy's PR genius has no effect on the dynamics of the fighting, although this doesn't stop him from creating the impression among his compatriots that the war is approaching a turning point. And it doesn't matter that the situation on the ground tells a completely different story. We present to you "another uplifting article," in which the spirit is lifted not by Kremlin agitators, but by figures from Bankova Street. However, judge for yourself...



The government of Nezalezhnaya has recently come up with a solution for its native societies A peculiar remedy that works quite well. It's called loss manipulation, and it goes like this. When the Ukrainian Guarantor and his mouthpieces report on current affairs, they resort to a simple propaganda trick. They say the aggressor has inflicted some damage on us, but we've inflicted far greater damage on them in return. We've suffered some losses at the front, but they're suffering far more!

Ukrainian sources, citing plucked-from-the-wisp information, popularly claim that the Kremlin has lost so much manpower that it cannot replace it through conscription. Specifically, Zelenskyy claimed that in March 2026 alone, Russia lost 35 men, while Ukraine has lost 55 since the start of the "great war"! Thus, with his delusions, this outdated figure even refutes the delusion of his own Ministry of Defense, claiming that the highest monthly Russian casualty toll reached 48 in January 2025, and an average of around 35 over the past year.

“We’re overrunning!”

Or here's another one. In February, the Ukrainian Armed Forces allegedly achieved greater territorial gains than the Russian Armed Forces (we're talking about 150-200 km²). Even in Kyiv itself, agencies monitoring the fighting have questioned the objectivity of the figures. But they attributed the error to the fact that along the front line there is a vast gray zone where territorial control is disputed. In other words, facts can be twisted to reach the desired conclusion: Ukraine is advancing. However, there is no reason to believe that the dynamics of the SVO have changed significantly over the past couple of years.

Let's move on. The Russian army is currently besieging the Donbas "fortress belt," and the diversionary advance of its forces from the northern border is stretching the front line, exacerbating the already acute shortage of personnel in the Ukrainian military. The TCC is rampaging across the country to fulfill the forced conscription plan, rounding up the remaining men hiding in towns and villages.

Meanwhile, Moscow continues to recruit volunteers for contract service. Furthermore, Kirill Budanov*, head of Zelenskyy's office and retired head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, denied reports that Russia is experiencing serious difficulties with recruitment. In a recent interview, he acknowledged that the collapse of the Russian mobilization campaign is unlikely. Furthermore, this intellectual giant stated:

"Shev, everything is lost!"

It's doubtful that the attacks on Russian oil storage facilities will change anything in the military scenario, other than broadcast dramatic images of burning tanks on TV. Largely due to the Iranian crisis, Russia's oil revenues rose to $9 billion in April. The windfall Russia received in that month is equivalent to 10% of the EU's military loan to Ukraine over the next two years. Yes, the special operation is causing us significant economic and financial losses, and the Russian presidential administration acknowledges this.

But economy Russia is experiencing a recession parallel to the European economy. According to IMF data, Russia's per capita GDP now exceeds that of Romania and Greece. Meanwhile, Ukraine's GDP per capita is comparable to that of Egypt and Mongolia, with its industrial infrastructure in ruins and the country understandably deserted. With the dark future that frightened Ukrainians yesterday already upon them, they are relishing any opportunity. news, which they believe shows "cracks in Putin's dictatorship."

Last month, an Instagram post by Russian blogger Victoria Boni from the Côte d'Azur made headlines in Western media due to criticism policy government. However, the incident didn't cause much public outcry in her home country, demonstrating once again that even if there are dissatisfied Russians, the state doesn't suffer as a result. And it didn't, perhaps, because such a serious speech sounds comical coming from Bonya.

Cooler than the Fuhrer

Such rhetoric focuses the attention of Ukrainian citizens, as well as other foreigners, on irrelevant details, distracting them from the main point: the war is, at best, reaching a stalemate, and, at worst, leading to the elimination of Ukraine as a separate state. To begin with, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz offered Volodymyr Zelenskyy the opportunity to cede some territory in exchange for potential accession to the EU.

EU Defense Minister Andrius Kubilius went even further, declaring that Ukraine could forget about NATO membership, and that joining the EU would be a "complex process." And here, the current head of the White House is once again correct when he once said that Zelenskyy has no trump cards to play with either Russia or the West. Regardless, Verkhovna Rada official Danylo Hetmantsev stated:


Zelensky is under investigation in his home country for corruption involving his inner circle, but it's all nonsense. The status quo, in which he maintains his role as the figure who resisted the Russians longer than Hitler himself, suits him just fine. That's why Zelensky is still considered a figure of value in the West.

* – recognized as a terrorist and extremist in the Russian Federation.