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- Ukraine has welcomed a vote by US lawmakers to resume urgently needed military assistance. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the 61 billion dollar aid package gives his troops a real chance at victory on the battlefield.
Part of what Zelenskyy will use these American funds for, is fortifying Ukraine's borders. Drone technology has dramatically changed the battle for the skies and sea but on Ukraine's land border with Russia, the country's armed forces are focused on a far more traditional form of defense against a looming Russian offensive.
00:00 Intro
00:57 Talk with DW Correspondent Nick Connolly
03:16 Report on Ukraine's border fortifications
05:58 Talk with Nick Connolly part 2
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No offense
Their Frontline is collapsing
A good defense can lead to a good offense.
Well, they are doing it because it makes sense and because they can't do much else.
Saint Zelenskyy et al need spend more aid so as to corrupt to buy overseas villa.
Malaysia noted..🇲🇾
Also these are the Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts. They're not occupied, so they're defending the border.
because it is easier to steal the money when you are spending it
@@georgekung2003utube Please provide evidence 🤡
Where we have gone as a humanity is abysmal. Still the same story again and again for thousands of years. Just the tech is different.
Yep, a very old reason for war is conquering somebody else's land.
Both can't be true: we're either the same as always, or we've gone abysmal.
Well remember the bulk of humanity still has imaginary friends so while we like to think we’re civilised we’re descended from the ancestors who the most successful at controlling resources through violence
No. The path is good.
Look at *europe* (EU). War for thousands of years. Now, seventy years of peace.
The world should be more like europe.
"Only the dead have seen the end of war" - plato
Fortifications won’t replace 400.000~ casualties
But Zelensky said only 31,000 were gone...😂
No one said it would
@@Gumpmachine1😂 nice cope 😂
@@Peacewar2020 cope about what?
Russian KIA are 250,000. Ukrainian KIA are 50,000
Ukraine is remarkable!
❤
Uh not really 😂 They have failed to gain any major ground in the past year. Even with all there foreign equipment, the Ukrainians surrender in the 100s everyday.
@@ZovWillWin Poor Russia still going at it. Two more years?
@@ZovWillWinThey stopped getting united states aid and so their offensives stopped. Now they are getting aid again and so new offensives can begin.
is it?
There are countries around that surrender? :))
Or they just really on extern support?
I think not.
they are 100% just like russia. ;)
@@vladnickul Wtf are you talking about?
I'm proud to stand by Ukraine.
Glory to Ukraine
Who said stalemate , running for cover
Better than a meat grinder like Russia
Moscow Marjorie Taylor Greens mad as usual in comments. 😁
so true, bet she can't sleep.😂
IS LAVROV OUT OF THE SCOOBY DOO CARTOONS HEE!!!
Let me tell you what 61bn gets you..6 months he'll be back begging again and you won't find it so funny 😆
It has no economy so this money is going on paying pensions, wages, health care,food imports and on top of that they are to produce results it's over for them.
@@nobody-iz3fu how much money will the glorified gas station Russia have when Ukraine keeps hittn those Oil Refineries inside Russia? Russia has so much money it cant even protect its best source of income in their own country
You forgot the EU is also paying to help Ukraine and both the EU and US are doing a fine job.
A second Afghan disaster for the kremlin is on the way.
Edit:
_Get ready for it, enjoy..._
@@nobody-iz3fu
is the ukrainian counter offensive still gaining momentum 🤔
Towards Kiev, Yes.😂😂😂
Yeah. At the time Ukraine is counterattacking backwards 🤔
It's close to the speed of light by now
Is ivan still losing 800 plus orcs a day. And countless pieces of equipment 😂
Lmao Russian bot
I hope they will send the aid after all.
That moment when a news headline forgets the past 3 years.
Thoses Trenches/ Bunkers wont survive the FABs.
FABs won't even be necessary. Ukraine's military has suffered catastrophic losses and the soldiers are demoralized.
1. They used much, much bigger bombs/mines in ww1 to try and do the same thing, it doesn't work that good,
2. Defense in depth is the norm and means breaking any single line is ineffective.
3. When one line is broken, a new line set up behind the other 2 or 3 existing lines. So long as Russia is unable to make any rapid advance (which they haven't in nearly 2 years now), any gain in ground will be measured in meters, no kilometers.
@@baronvonsnipeyou stop being a moat -- because the world has a clear view of what is happening --------------NATO COULD NOT mount a BREAKTHROUGH in Russian defenses during the Counter offensive because Russia is superior that NATO -------------------------UKRAINE a Nation that has made history as the only NATO that has enjoyed high weapons from NATO together with special forces from the Block can never win against Russia ------------------- RUSSIA IS BEST OF THE BEST in defense fortifications
@@baronvonsnipeyouin WW1 they used mining eg people digging mines to get under the trenches etc, it’s not the same.
The FAB launch aircraft won’t survive the F-16s 🇺🇦
FAB 1500 will have alot of fun
With what bombers?
@@PaxHeadroom let me guess you believe the entire Airforce is gone. Funny how Avdiivka and Chasiv Yar are getting FAB bombs daily
@@PaxHeadroom lmao what do you think happened to the Russian bombers? They just disappear into thin air? Or you think they can't fly because of sanctions? 😹
They have upgraded to FAB 3000
@@PaxHeadroomRussia's strategic forces, long-range aviation, cyber capabilities, space capabilities, and capabilities in the electromagnetic spectrum have lost no capacity at all. The air force has lost some aircraft, but only about 10 percent of their fleet. - Us general Christopher G Cavoli (congress in Europe April 10 2024)
60 billion is nothing they need that every year until putin is gone
Keep waiting 😂😂😂
u think, Putin is deceiding everything alone ? u are fool if u think, that Putins death, will make Russians leave...and Medvedev I think its much worse than Putin...I would say if Zelensky dies, and someone take his place, maybe there gonna be finally peacetalks
Pay up then.
So donate everything u have... What r u waiting?
you don't need putin to be gone to have security for UA.
you don't need to recover lost territories right away.
bottom line is, 60billion is not your money, quite interesting to claim it was "nothing"
Imagine having a hill
How do those bunkers stand up to Nukes?
should we be showimg russia all this?
russians have sattelites, its 21 century
I reckon aye mate common sense does not exist no more
You know they are a proxy army, they need to show their good work for pass Mark 😂😂😂
Russia knew about this long before we did.
You are showing Russia,😅😅😅now they know which type of heavy bombs to drop in those trenches..... Russia never showed there trenches that why Ukraine counter offensive failed.
Look nicely made!
2nd year not 3rd year.Get it damn right.
Peace to Ukraine!
Taurus Taurus Taurus
We can all be saviours of freedom and contribute to containing Russia. For example, by donating to Ukraine24 which funds drone programmes.
Another game changer :D
😂😂😂🤡
Ukrainian special forces will not give up their lands to anyone.I support the military right
Zelensky gives away the Ukrainians' land to Blackrock. They will lose their land one way or another, the question is to whom, and how much?
For Thousands of Years it has and will always be RUSSIAN lands. Ukraine= Russian Borderlands.
Poroshenko and Zelensky were collapsing farmers in Zaporizhia for years and handing it to corporates. Ukraine special forces work for plutocrats and Wall St stealing their country.
@@alestbest The fertile Donbas and untapped gas/oil in the Azov sea
I wonder who was promised this wealth
exxon, bp, shell, monsanto??
@@petergreenwood7731 I saw the German Foreign Ministry's map of Ukraine from 2006. The planned gas pipelines were already marked there. Ukraine was divided into 3 parts. What is astonishing is that Russia currently holds exactly the places that were intended for Russia on this map. Odessa was not intended for Russia on this map. Probably a reason why they haven't taken Odessa yet.
The pipeline would then go from Odessa and towards Poland.
This area (yellow) should belong to the West. The areas that Blackrock had currently purchased were marked in orange.
And again, this map was from 2006
Those fortified drain can be nothing, it intends to slow down the ground troops. In modern warfare, air attached, then ground troops to level the trenches
Easier said then done and I believe that's the whole point of defensive lines.
Thank the lord!, Ukraine needs everything they can get!
😅 is vodka ok ? 👍
So were gonna see another ww1 trench warfare.
Mixed with modern tech.
Its not a Hollywood movie or Netflix show, they don't have a choice, they have to defend their home and their wives and children,
If ww1 also had drones buzzing around dropping grenades
@@blackhawk5903 what do they have to defend when their government is selling thier country for aid
thats what were already seeing since the start of this war....
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the US has money for Ukraine, but not for their own homeless....
nah! not even that. they have to print money hehe
thats something I dont get about people and the US... The US clearly doesn't care about its own people yet have them convinced they care about Ukrainians in Ukraine....
It’s been like that since Reagan
You won’t fix the homeless problem by throwing money at them , and if they were you would be complaining about it as well
@@Gwidas78 That is true.. so you use the money to create a nation where people wont feel the need or forced to be homeless.
This war has shown everybody that Russia is a regional power with nukes but Putin still thinks otherwise
Sure, man.
Can you imagine the damage to the ecosystem
Send more supply amunition and drone supplies..
Ukraine should be given everything and military capabilities that they can defend their territory and defeats Russian aggression, DW for thank you the insights. Glory to Ukraine!
1 month old nafo bot account
@@yellowtunes2756 .....you're Pootin's troll... because of you Poo-tin's trolls my previous account was banned for my pro-Ukrainian position.
@@user-ph5ys7ed7i typing "pootin" instead of "Putin" does show your room temperature IQ. That's legit something kids from kindergarten could say
We can all be saviours of freedom and contribute to containing Russia. For example, by donating to Ukraine24 which funds drone programmes.
@yellowtunes2756 how much is Vladolf Poopteen paying you, Ivan?
A bit of correction stated at 0:40
The US populations' opinions have an impact of ZERO on congress' voting outcome.
wrong. trump got scared because his polls got worse because of him blocking Ukraine aid. thats why he told his boy johnson to stop blocking
"US populations". There is only one US population Ivan.
They do if you regularly message your representatives.
@@PaxHeadroom
"When the preferences of economic elites and the stands of organized interest groups are controlled for, the preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy"
Source: Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens; by Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page
@@PaxHeadroom Do the lobbies have an input on decisions?
What happened to the f16s where are the flying jets
they are still training on them, it's not something you can easily rush
@@l.a.xgunner Smart to keep them away for a while. It expands their lifespan. Once in Ukraine they are doomed.
@@l.a.xgunner 2035 I guess
Try starting the engine on one in DCS. You'll quickly understand why it takes so long.
@@neothaka lmao
I am pessimistically skeptic 🙈🙉🙊
Western people laughed at Russian Fortifications, and now they believed in Fortification. They made jokes about Dragon teeth and said Dragon teeth have dentists.
American government tells it's people "Remember how you are complaining that food prices have gone up by 35%. Well to solve this, I'm giving Ukraine $60 billion dollars".
Sure whatever you say Putin.
Virtually all of the money will be spent in the US….or can’t you read ?
And Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia should be going flat out right now to do exactly the same thing. Yes, I'm aware of the plan to build the Baltic Defence Line, which will be a super-professional defensive line, but they say that will take ten years to build. The Baltic countries need something like that NOW, not tomorrow. Tomorrow, the enemy might be ready to move in. I say the three countries should do what Ukraine is doing pending getting something fancier built. They should mobilize unemployed citizens to help build it.
i very much agree...
Yes, some people are so afraid of things to happen that they make it happen to prove their fears. Viscous cycle subscribing to ignorance
The enemy is fighting with shovels and has been losing the war in Ukraine for 2 years now. They even say that they're running out of tanks, people, and everything else soon, and they haven't had fuel for over 2 years. I don't see why panic :D
Look how Russia makes the entire Nafo scared 😂😂
you still haven’t understood anything about what needs to be done and what not to do in order to live in peace and tranquility with Russia. Ukraine did not understand and we all see the result. I hope that the Baltic countries will still understand, and they will not have to be taught the same way as the former Ukraine is taught.
no effects😢
-"61 billion dollar aid package gives his troops a real chance at victory on the battlefield"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
hey russian bot, did you need assistence with an update?
Hogy vagy? 😂😂😂😂
@@mateabonyi299 Hey eurobot, help yourself
FINALLY. Should have been done a year ago.
They got billions last year before the super duper all season offensive to the Azov sea
Remember the Leopards , Bradley’s Challengers and all the former east bloc equipment in the west
More funding yay!!
Stay safe Nick, great reporting as usual
All your wood went armed
Is this necessary?is it important to announce your defence lines?
Social media war
Ukraine has lied so much up until this point yet everyone can see how much trouble they are now in. If they cant at least convince folks they have a plan they might as well just surrender now.
So they're basically giving up the eastern front by fortifying the northern parts of Ukraine.
Watch this funding end up like the last ones, totally not insane funding here going on.
There are plenty of Russian trolls of Putin in the comments
Reality of Ukraine losing=Putin trolls?? Ukraine will fall this year, reality always wins. Slava Biden right? Ask Afghanistan how much help Biden is. Project Ukraine has been defeated by The Putin.
@@widerje nah, russia will probably capture some villages and maybe even a larger town this year. But the frontline will not have moved much this time next year...
They've been in hysterics ever since more aid from the US was announced.
Yup i was saying the other day that Moscow has a full bot farm going on..😂
Speaking of trolls, where are all the "slava ukraini" trolls flooding the comment section(s), did they decide to go somewhere else after the failed counteroffensive or what has happened to them..?
With FAB 3000 in picture.Those are not trenches but graves for poor Ukrainian soldiers.
With F-16 and Patriots on the scene, the FAB launch aircraft are doomed.
@@Bob10009🥱 Change the record
@@Bob10009 you dont really believe that do you?
@@Bob10009Russia's strategic forces, long-range aviation, cyber capabilities, space capabilities, and capabilities in the electromagnetic spectrum have lost no capacity at all. The air force has lost some aircraft, but only about 10 percent of their fleet. - Us general Christopher G Cavoli (congress in Europe April 10 2024)
Snatching defeat from the jaws of collapse.
Ukraine still stands. I know, it bothers you to see a free people fighting for their sovereignty.
Deal with it.
@@ebannaw What bothers me is how the western club lead them down the primrose path.
@@ebannawfree people?😂😂😂 🇺🇸 puppets.
@@timmy-wj2hc Salty much? Ukraine is sovereign. Do you know what that means? It means Russia is neither wanted nor belongs there.
It has been over 2 years Putin simps. So much for the might of Russia.
@@ebannaw 🇺🇸 funds the Ukrainians governments, has given them 300 billion in 10 years, has 12 CIA bases, Thousands of NATO officers and did a Coup of their government in 2014, and they are sovereign how? 🤦♂️🤡🤣🤣🤣
So which one is it ? Ukraine is planning another offensive according to Zelensky. Is it the same Ukraine that is building defensive lines and complaining of manpower shortage ? You cannot make this stuff up !
Too little too late ;)
God bless Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇺🇦🇺🇦❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
Ukraine will get 1990 borders
😂😂😂😂😂😂
They need surovikin line~~~
Yes this aid will strengthen Zelenskyy's pockets by a few hunderd million!😂😂😂
Is it just me or has Nick picked up a bit of a Ukrainian Accent? haha
WW1 fortifications when drones and wildly more advanced artillery and missiles exist I love paying taxes
many ukrainain and nato bots coping in the comments 🤭
….says the Russian bot. 😴
Amazing! The Long forgotten trenches of WW1 are returning to Europe
Thank Russia.
Maybe they will finally realize their military violence doesn't belong in Ukraine?
And just like in 1939, America abandons Europe until it hits them at home.
Forgotten? By who?
@@Thor.JorgensenAmerica has helped Ukraine more than all of Europe combined
@@SelfProclaimedEmperor
Where do you get this from? That's just not true.
It's fantastic that the US is back, but total aid from the EU surpassed total aid from the US last year.
The EU basically funds the entire Ukrainian government. We (the US) don't transfer much money to Ukraine, but nobody has the arms stockpiles we do. Our aid is critical for that reason, at least until Europe's munitions factories come online next year.
We can be proud of our contribution, but let's not pretend our allies aren't doing their part. They are in fact doing more, even much more if we consider that transferring money out of the country hurts their economies, whereas what we do is barely noticable to us, because almost all our money stays in the US and just funds our manufacturing base.
Counter Defensesive😂😂😂
Another Bot
😂😂😂😂 finally america is building BORDERS 🗑️🗑️🗑️🗑️
you are making ukraine vulnerale in any attacks
Should have been done before Russia invaded, but better late than never. At least it will help Ukraine keep what they still control.
5:44 Ukraine wouldn’t need to do this if they got aid from America sooner!
What a backhanded compliment. "Thanks, Ukraine won't be the second Afghanistan". This guy is a comedian all right. Very funny. Still doesn't know how to do PR.
He means a second Afghanistan for Russia - a country that Russia _destroyed_ before being pushed out. As for him being an actor, Reagan was one too. Actors are bad luck for Russia. PR-wise, what's the standard that they failed? They have re-invented the damn thing. Trump also is a showman, while Roman emperors ended up realizing that the emperor is an actor (Nero playing on the scene, Commodus in the amphitheater, Marcus Aurelius literally saying it as a philosopher.) - Putin politics is nothing but theater. In the end biggest guns will decide. Until then, we can play silly.
It is NOT a "stale-mate" at all - because Ukraine has been LOSING territory and already LOST 500,000 men since last year's summer counter offensive which also FAILED and LOST most - if not ALL the supposedly mighty US and German tanks they had.
Rubbish..no independant experts believe Ukraine has lost 1/2m men ( thats the figure they calculate for Russia ). And the territorial gains made at immense cost mostly a few villages and fields.
Russian victory in only two more years!😅
They have lost about 4 Abrams, up to a dozen Leopards and maybe 2 Challengers……that’s not “most” of the tanks 😂🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ Meanwhile Russia has lost thousands of tanks including over 100 T90s. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
@@Bob10009so why is the Russians the ones making progress. Why does ukraine need 500k soldiers?
@@Sten111 Who are these "independent experts" you speak of? Western ones who only have access to western information? They aren't objective. They're biased by the western world-view. The West takes Ukraine's official casualty numbers at face value with no further investigation. Reporters aren't permitted to go to Ukraine and start questioning those numbers. All your "independent" experts have access to is curated information which came from Ukraine's government which has an interest in making their army look like it's performing better than it is to maintain morale and support for the world both domestically and abroad.
You’re welcome..I love sending part of my tax money to a losing effort 🤦🏾♂️
Remember that aid is not a form of cash going to Ukraine! It’s civil and military! Which means the US builds the weapons Ukraine needs to continue the fight! Therefore giving jobs to the Americans! Second the funds also pays for Ukraine critical civil affairs! In order to continue to function as a nation!
It would've been much cheaper and smarter for Donetsk and Luhansk to be part of Ukraine with limited autonomy as in a federal Republic. This war is completely unnecessary and only serves the defense corporations while killing so many people. It's immoral!
It's funny how Russian can make the whole west scared 😂😂
Indeed, they're quaking in their budget deficits.
by being unviable of defeating the country 10 times smaller? really funny
Russia has successfully kept the US from getting directly involved in the conflict through intimidation. Lol Russia has embarrassed the US on the world stage.
Russia fighting against cl o w n s of EU n America😂😂😂😂😂
@@NRZh90 우크라이나 혼자 싸우는게 아니잖냐
Copy the russians after laughing at them
A little bit late doing this
Zelenskyy is the richest con artist in history. I aspire to have comparable skills in my passion .Kudos bro , slava Ukraine.
In the not so distant future, he will be cry8ng that the EU hasen't done enough......
SLAVA UKRAINI!!!!!!!
What Happened to the 51 Billion of EU/Nato / Ramstein Group Aid Months ago?? People act Like usa is the Only One Supporting ....
Europe has given over $30billion more than the US.
zelensky hired Hollywood script writers to plan his failed counteroffensive. He also asked Rambo for help, but Rambo wisely declined his invitation.
In the meantime, farmers in Poland, Germany, France and Belguim are revolting because of cheap Ukrainian grain.
Could you please get a proper translation. That is just lazy.
I am a 70 year old Trump supporter, and I support military aid to Ukraine.
sure you are.
If they had been digging like this since 1991, the whole country would be shiny new by now.
The west needs to change it 155mm shell production from a cottage industry to a mass production process.
Ukraine needs it's own production of basic ammunition. Some of the money it is getting should go towards this.
The issue of building factories in Ukraine is that u need somehow to protect them from constantly flying drones and missiles. So first air defense batteries to protect site, then building plants and factories along with infrastructure for them
@@andriibakhtiozin4477
True!
I think the issue before that is hiding them and keeping them secret so that the probability of them being bombed is much lower.
As an example in WWII when the Supermarine factory was bombed in Southampton, Spitfire production was dispersed within weeks to small units instead of one location.
Another example was that under the houses of parliament there was a factory producing navigation equipment that no one knew was there until years later after the war.
I still don't understand why it's taking years and not weeks for factories to be set up to increase production, not just Ukraine but across NATO to.
Dude, Ukraine already lost. Continuing the war means Ukraine will lose more afus, lose more weapons, and lose more territory. Please, just stop
@@Paul-yh8km I'm not sure about UK in WWII and how many German spies were in UK, but right now in Ukraine there are plenty sleeping agents and just soviet-lovers. They send information to their Russian leads on daily basics through different sources. Messengers, social networks, emails etc.
It is extremely hard for military personnel to gather. Each month we have such news when missiles hit the funeral ceremony and killed 20+ people including soldiers, rocket hit hotel with drone makers conference, rocket hit restaurant with officers from different departments, etc. It is especially hard to control people movement and occupation right now because war and mass people migration. So hired Soviet lover from East could easily live in some small town in other part of the country constantly sending sensitivite data to Russians. It is a pity and shame
everyone knows how it will end
Russia wins but with what cost for both Ukraine and Russia
Strange not so many russian bots, is the payroll delayed?
yeah and what happened to all the Slava Ukraine spam? Those must have been real people that decided to stop spamming all at once
@@GwynBleys regardless on what happens next there will be a simple fact: huge russia, fixated on military (and schizophrenia) with lots of money, arms and manpower cannot deal with much smaller and weaker country (for 2 years). It means only one - Slava Ukraini!
@@Anton-dl7me wow that sound exactly like America in Vietnam kiddo.
@@Anton-dl7me Considering that all NATO countries give money and weapons to Ukraine, and Russia fights with its own weapons and with its own money, everything is natural.
@@cryptohornbill9658 don't see any resemblance. Just an attempt to humiliate "collective west" in any unrelated situation
Business as usual
Does Ukraine still have any soldiers on the ground. It's Western troops in the frontlines especially the British. Ukrainians are tired of this war ,that is why Ukraine military is rounding up young people for military service
Except just like before the trenches will be destroyed by artillery, rockets and drones. Then it will just be like every other trench line….in Russian occupation😂
You need to know.Mister Zelenski Afghanistan never fight for democracy.
War is never easy anyone that expected a quick 1-2-year war is playing too many videogames there's a higher chance of this becoming a forever war than anything.
rumer is that Russia is going to try and move before the aid get's there. Hopefully we can hurry with the delivery's.
Roomer btw
Lol. We've been arming and funding Ukraine since 2014 and ukraine is still losing. $60 billion isn't going to change anything compared to what the US has already sent
This aid will change nothing. Russia is already outproducing the US and the logistics line is much, much shorter.
@@wolfswinkel8906Russia is producing 150 tanks per month…..and Ukraine is destroying 500 🇺🇦
They are doing what Russia did over a year ago but we are supposed to call them geniuses
Support Ukraine from Malaysia. Dont like Poo tin as President. What if someone else was president?
Slava Ukraine
Соболезную вы потратили деньги в пустую
Greed destroys people, my boy
"An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep." ~ Alexander The Great.
Zelensky doesn't even qualify for being a sheep.
Lol with fab 1500 and 3000 they will blow up these fortifications
All those billions and trenches is all they have to show ?
fino a ultimo nazzistukrain zelesky comico
Wow, now he needs another expensive yacht and Cars for new photo shoot for Vogue
Ukraine had a president that _acting in good faith and in the best interests of the nation_ launched it on a course of solid growth and stability.
This leader devoted much effort towards improving and prospering his country. People wished to be _entertained_ and sent him packing, voting for a _comedian_ who promptly manoeuvred to deplete the nation off its citizens so that he might turn this land¹ into a colony.²
He staged a tragedy. No one is laughing.
Their tombstone is inscribed with these words, sublime, yet profound:
_They took the bait..._
_...and here defeated the folly of their delusion._
¹ Ukraine: Land of milk and honey. _The plenty of game and fish, the innumerable bee-hives, deposited in the hollows of old trees and in the cavities of rocks, and forming even in that rude age a valuable branch of commerce, the size of the cattle, the temperature of the air, the aptness of the soil for every species of grain, and the luxuriancy of the vegetation..._ (A.D. 244 during the reign of Emperor Philip).
² The comedian’s objective: Assuming success, use of the land (that was _not_ promised to Ukrainians) is halted, housing prices skyrocket beyond reach with rent absorbing incomes, shunting the lifetime earnings of residents directly into the pockets of the chosen few, who, _laughing_ all the way to the bank, that without exerting any effort become rich beyond belief. After a lifetime of hard work citizens own nothing and die homeless on the street.
"[Ukraine] will not be a second Afghanistan". Wouldn't everyone want Ukrainian to be a second Afghanistan (i.e. Muscovites retreating)?