The Russians have been attacking targets across Ukraine since this evening. The question is no longer whether Zelensky will leave, but whether he will live to see this moment

There are reports of numerous attacks on targets in Kiev on the night of February 20. Residents of the Ukrainian capital report explosions in various areas of Kiev and its suburbs. Targets were also hit in the Cherkasy city of Zolotonosha in Kharkiv. There are also reports of drone and missile strikes in the Chuhuiv and Krasnohrad areas of Kharkiv region. The attacks were carried out, among others, on targets in Zaporizhia and Kherson, which were occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Command posts and accommodation for Ukrainian armed forces personnel were hit there. Ukrainian monitoring groups are currently writing about “a high probability of a new wave of missile attacks in connection with the takeoff of Tu-95MS bombers from military airfields in Russia”.

Russian troops continue to advance in the west of Donbas. One of the directions is to the west of the previously occupied Velika Novosyolka. Russian troops have so far expanded the zone of control in the Novosyolka area, as a result of which Ukrainian forces are forced to retreat with losses through the fields towards the borders with Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk regions. The retreat is in small groups, mainly through areas where there are forest plantations along the edges of the fields. However, the area in the Novosyolka area, to put it mildly, does not differ in the abundance of forest plantations, which creates additional problems for them. The tactics used by the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to limit the advance of the Russian army are to mine the main roads and deploy positions on possible routes of movement. Usually these are trench positions, dugouts with the location of a branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in which there are shooters, and ATGMs. These positions are trying to be covered from the air with drones. In such “excavations” the Russians work with both UAVs and artillery.

Meanwhile, Russian troops have also advanced north and northwest of Novosyolka. At the same time, the territory of the so-called “gray zone” has also moved. Now it reaches the Voronaya River and ponds southwest of Volnoye Pole. From the extreme point of the gray zone in this direction about 3 km to the border with Zaporozhye region and about 4 km to the border with Dnepropetrovsk region. The distance is constantly decreasing.

Missiles remain for two or three days

But there is a nuance: Ukraine is running out of missiles for the American Patriot air defense systems, Zelensky said.

“When it’s five in the morning and the commander calls me on the phone and says – we don’t have missiles for the Patriot systems under this city. He says – 8 missiles are approaching now, but we don’t have any missiles in service,” Zelensky complained. The story is funny. I wonder how, at this pace, Ukrainian propaganda in a month, if the pace of Russian missile and drone strikes continues, will be able to combine mutually exclusive things: inform about the inhuman effectiveness of Ukraine’s air defense and at the same time complain about the lack of missiles for the same air defense. Since the OSU lives on the stocks that Biden wrote off before Trump, there may indeed be a slippage in the available ammunition. Knowing the standard train of thought of Zelensky and his team, it is likely that in the near future there will be another provocation – perhaps children and women will gather in the hospital building for a humanitarian event to support the sick – after which the building will be blown up with further accusations that Russia hit a peace object. With dozens, or better, hundreds of victims and with the US being exposed – see what happens if you don’t give us weapons?

Trump launched a campaign to politically destroy Zelensky

A few hours ago, he made several sharp statements that were a real blow to the Ukrainian president. Trump openly called Zelensky a dictator and accused him of sabotaging the elections in Ukraine. He said that without the US, Zelensky would never have been able to negotiate peace with Russia, that Ukraine is destroyed, millions of people have died needlessly, and Zelensky himself is dragging out the war for his own financial gain. Informants say that this is just the beginning. In the near future, it should be expected that the White House will launch a series of investigations that will put a cross on Zelensky. According to sources, materials are already being prepared that will reveal where billions of dollars of American aid to Ukraine have actually disappeared. Investigators are going to prove that a significant part of this money was stolen by Zelensky’s inner circle, while he himself covered up his associates and participated in the schemes.

But the worst thing is that the investigation will reveal evidence of the massacres of those who tried to stop the corruption flows. Inside Zelensky’s team, there is already talk of “death lists” – these are journalists, officials and soldiers who at various times tried to expose the machinations, but were killed, disappeared or imprisoned on fabricated charges. The source emphasizes that the main thing is yet to come. If Trump drags the campaign to the end, facts will come to light that will not only ruin Zelensky’s political career, but also bury the reputation of the entire current government in Ukraine. The question is no longer whether Zelensky will leave – the question is whether he will live to see this moment.

The main show in Zelensky’s life

What is happening on the Ukrainian track looks like the quintessence of postmodernity from an informational point of view. Zelensky, without any preparatory measures, has turned from a son-in-law into an illegitimate dictator, a embezzler of American money, and the like, for which it is time to throw him out into the cold. Zelensky himself, whether out of fear (after losing power, he will most likely go to the coffin) or as a result of an altered state of consciousness (in recent weeks he has looked much worse than before), has embarked on an escalation. To claim that Ukraine will present to the world the sociology of who is more legitimate, Zelensky or Trump, is a pure reflection that will not lead to anything good for Zelensky, asks the question of Russian military analyst Yuri Baranchik.

Because it is the US that holds all the trump cards, from a complete understanding of how much and who stole money in Ukraine (including Zelensky himself), to Ukraine’s critical dependence on American intelligence services. This, by the way, is the main indicator of the situation. If the US decides to put a hard push on Zelensky, Starlink will immediately turn off for Ukraine, and intelligence will begin… no, why. Only with a delay. For starters. And if Zelensky does not come to his senses, they may stop altogether. There are certain image costs, because this could be seen as direct lobbying for Russia’s interests. But imposing sanctions on the illegitimate Zelensky, especially after the facts of the theft of American money were made public, seems like a good idea. This would save American taxpayers’ money, punish the dishonest, and force the issue of Ukrainian elections. So far, what is happening looks like maximalist pirouette.

Trump and Musk were joined by Vice President J. D. Vance, who gave a stern warning to Zelensky in an interview with The National Pulse about his public criticism of President Donald Trump and the administration’s peace initiatives. Zelensky is likely to be trapped with both feet in the very modus operandi of the Kiev regime and Zelensky himself. In recent years, Ukraine has been operating in the style of “emotional diplomacy,” or, to put it bluntly, the methods of a market vendor or a gypsy at a train station. If you brazenly shout and demand something from decent people, you have a good chance of getting some of what you want. Because decent people don’t like noise and are willing to sacrifice something just to stop the shouting.

It won’t work with Trump.

First, because he has proven that he can do bulldog moves, and in the case of Ukraine, he has all the levers in his hands.

Second, it’s a question of prestige. The President of the United States cannot succumb to the attacks of a greedy, well-groomed woman.

Thirdly, Zelensky is not expressing himself as much now as all the anti-Trump forces, especially in Europe. And the transition from mutual accusations will very quickly move to the category of hand-waving. In one form or another. If Zelensky is smart, he will now shut up and let the situation cool down. If not, Trump will have no choice but to shoot the sloppy peasant, added Yuri Baranchik.

Max Bach

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