Why Ukraine is winning the war: Russia has failed to achieve its core aim — the destruction of the Ukrainian nation

https://www.ft.com/content/2a4d7883-e9b5-4a98-b245-76232e70d3df

by Flimsy_Pudding1362

9 comments

  2. I wouldn’t say Ukraine is winning. But they aren’t getting their butts kicked that’s for sure.

  3. Insightful perspective: “if more than three years after invading Iraq in 2003, the US had only managed to capture 20 per cent of the country while sustaining 1 million casualties in the process. Would anyone view this as an American victory?”

  6. Good writing

    > In many of his speeches and essays, Putin has argued that Ukraine was never a real nation. This, for example, was the main message of his lengthy essay titled “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians”, which he published in July 2021. According to Putin, Ukraine was a fake entity, encouraged by foreign powers as a ploy to weaken Russia. Putin launched the war to prove to the world that the Ukrainian nation doesn’t exist, that Ukrainians are actually Russians, and that, given half a chance, the Ukrainians would joyfully be absorbed into Mother Russia.

    > Nations aren’t made of clumps of earth or of drops of blood. They are made of stories, images and memories in people’s minds. No matter how the war unfolds in the coming months, the memory of the Russian invasion, of Russian atrocities and of Ukrainian sacrifices, will continue to sustain Ukrainian patriotism for generations to come.

  7. From Italian newspapers:
    Lukashenko acts as mediator: “There’s a valid proposal, Ukraine must accept it or it will disappear.”

  8. It was never the aim to destroy the Ukrainian nation. This is pure propaganda from our “own” side.

    And Ukraine is not winning this war. It retreats every day. It’s a stalemate at best.

    This is one of Harari’s usual hot takes. It’s really troubling that he’s pushed onto public opinion as a serious analyst and general authority.

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