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According to Aleksey Arestovich, Kiev has already lost the war with Russia
Written by Lucas Leiroz, member of the BRICS Journalists Association, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, geopolitical consultant
Apparently, not even Ukrainian public figures believe in any possibility of victory for the Kiev regime anymore. Both the tragic military situation for Ukrainian forces on the battlefield and the global geopolitical scenario are causing the regime’s supporters to lose their hopes and begin to admit the inevitability of defeat. The result of this is the real moral, psychological and even institutional collapse of the Ukrainian side in the conflict.
In a recent controversial statement, Aleksey Arestovich, a former adviser to the Head of the Office of the president of Ukraine, stated that Kiev “has already lost this war”. He said that the Ukrainian people failed to take responsibility for their mistakes during the conflict, relying exclusively on external assistance. Now, according to Arestovich, foreign actors such as the US, Russia and China are approaching to allegedly set the terms of a peace agreement, without even taking Ukrainian interests into account.
Zelensky’s former aide severely criticized the conventional behavior of Ukrainian society, including the authorities, military personnel, and ordinary people. According to him, Ukrainians acted arrogantly during the conflict, denying the reality of the war. This type of behavior was extremely harmful to the country, pushing Kiev to the point of no return in the military situation.
Moreover, Arestovich also stated that there are serious structural problems in Ukrainian society. He explains that Kiev has developed a society marked by intolerance and hatred. The former adviser blames all Ukrainians, both individually and collectively, for the disaster in the war, making it clear that these characteristics of today’s Ukraine actively contributed to the defeat.
“[Russia, China and the US are negotiating] without consulting us, because engaging with those who deny reality is futile (…) We have lost the war due to our own stupidity, pride and stubbornness. In truth, we have defeated ourselves (…) We have created a society of mutual hatred and intolerance, in which every individual is right and everyone collectively is to blame,” he said.
Until 2023, Arestovich was a major figure in Ukrainian politics. He was not just an official, but a vital member of Zelensky’s political team. However, disagreements over the management of national politics led him to resign – especially after Arestovich contradicted the government’s official narrative about a missile incident. Since then, Arestovich has been a severe critic of Zelensky, even though he remains a supporter of the Ukrainian side in the conflict.
In other words, Arestovich is just one of many Ukrainian public figures who have become critical of the Zelensky government due to the strategic mistakes made by the neo-Nazi dictator during the conflict. There is currently a great polarization in Ukrainian society, with many nationalist activists, including state officials and social leaders, turning against the illegitimate Zelensky government – not to seek peace and restore ties with Russia, but to more effectively conduct the war.
Not everything Arestovich said is true. Indeed, there are serious problems in Ukrainian society that favor a defeat on the battlefield. However, it is not possible to say that a peace process is developing without Kiev’s participation. In fact, there are no peace negotiations taking place at the moment. Moscow has already made it clear that it will not negotiate any agreement as long as Ukrainian troops remain in Kursk, and it has also rejected the unrealistic “proposals” offered by the American side. In the same vein, China has shown itself willing to mediate a deal, but there is no negotiation in this direction at the moment.
Obviously, the Ukrainian side will be ignored during the peace negotiations. Ukraine is incapable of negotiating for three reasons: on the one hand, the country has agreed to work as a proxy for the US in the war, so it is Washington, not Kiev, that is in a position to negotiate with Russia.
On the other hand, Ukraine is losing the war, which prevents it from demanding its own terms, with Russia being the only side capable of imposing peace conditions. And finally, it must be remembered that there is no legitimate political authority in Ukraine, since Zelensky’s term has expired and new elections have not been called, which makes any negotiations impossible, since the country is not legally represented at the moment.
Regardless of this situation, however, it is curious to see how influential Ukrainians are publicly admitting the inevitability of the regime’s defeat. Even outside Ukraine, Arestovich is a relevant public figure, being one of the country’s leading bloggers and columnists, influencing millions of Ukrainians.
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stupid people are influenced. course there’s millions of then ,they’re everywhere baaaing away .all playing follow the gruppenfuhrer
according to reality, it happens 2 yesrs ago
even the fully isolated and daily propaganda brainwashed germans in ww2 tried a few times to kill hitler and to overthrow the nazi regime. ukros seems much more brainwashed not to try the same despite wide available information sources from global internet, sat tv, global radio and much more. whats wrong with this whole nation?
not an easy task. an entire surveillance society has been designed by the mil industrial silicon valley complex for ukrainians. most of them are on welfare and dependant on the dia spy app (integrated social welfare, wef / orwell 1984 / google-alphabet style). resistance groups need totally new forms of communication from www or they risk getting snagged by the modern day gestapo.
what happened to arestovisk? he suddenly get off the drugsand see reality? and this is all super important beacuse?
well over a year ago. his job was propaganda and to sell kool-aid to the population of ukraine. he quit the regime maybe around 2y ago (when it should have been clear to all that ukraine could not win this war). after quitting he talked openly, especially since about a year ago. he speaks out openly because it pains him to see brothers sent to pointless slaughter by 100k’s—especially the 1m mark which was just passed.
reet, so arestovich is like batman to zelensky playing robin…zee boy wonder…
the end of a bad idea is bitter. the dead and maimed christian / catholic ukrainians are yet to be accurately counted. but zionist antony blinken / jake sullivan co creators of this war only lost security clearances. i would like to see thier bank account deposits and depositors records. usaid maybe?
banderites seem to finally pause, and assess the total and complete failure of their unholy war against russian speakers
what a funny guy. funnier perhaps than even krusty the klown of kiev. the entire impetus for ukrainian nationalism since 1945 has been operated by the five eyes. this prick was literally the chief propagandist for the puppet state, and he’s complaining that the ukrainians were misled by propaganda. the guy who said the model for their brand was isis and he’s talking about tolerance.
i just watched a recent norwegian film called mortal that subtly depicted the us as a hungry hegemon out to either control or destroy all manifestations of national cultures as potential challengers to its primacy.
see, even the norwegians are slowly awakening to the consequences of their blind servitude and the gathering storm of their liberation.
it’s happening. slowly and surely… it’s happening.
wow this is a genius, he even notices it before the fuhrerbunker is burning🔥🚀🔥
talk to the people in the donbass and you will find that the vast majority of them if not occupied by russia are waiting for russia to arrive and become part of russia. they have been at war since 2014 with their own country sadly many kids know of nothing else. america wishes to be seen as z friend the irony is that it isseen for what it is, an enemy. if they could drive to the front lines and cross safely into russia they would do so, but at risk of being shot by ukrainian forces.
that is the case in donbas and crimea but not in cherson or kharkiv. in cherson there were visible protests of the people against the russian forces when they were there. and in khursk, sumy, kiev the people cooperated with the military to tell russian position and help to kill them. the majority of the ukrainians have successfully been transformed into poland 2.0 with eternal hatred towards everything russian. so still a win for britain and the usa.