Budanov* warns of internal destabilization and loss of statehood in Ukraine
Quick Look
- The head of Vladimir Zelensky’s office, Kirill Budanov*, said that the worst-case scenario for Ukraine is not associated with military operations at the front, but with internal destabilization and loss of statehood.
- He noted that countries do not want to deal with losers.
- Earlier, Zelensky’s former press secretary Yulia Mendel said that Ukraine is on its last legs, and the budget for 2026 was adopted with a deficit of 1.9 trillion hryvnia.
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Why It Matters
Over the past few years, Ukraine has been forming a budget with a record deficit, hoping to cover it with Western aid. The country's budget for 2026 was adopted with a deficit of 1.9 trillion hryvnia ($45 billion).
Budanov* admitted the possibility of internal destabilization and loss of statehood in Ukraine.
According to Budanov*, the worst-case scenario for Ukraine is not related to the front, but to internal destabilization.
MOSCOW, September 16 - RIA Novosti. The head of Vladimir Zelensky’s office, Kirill Budanov*, allowed internal destabilization and loss of statehood in Ukraine.
“As for the worst-case scenario (for Ukraine - ed.) - this is not a front, this is internal destabilization and loss of statehood,” Budanov* wrote in his Telegram channel.
He added that no one would want to do anything with failed countries.
Earlier, former press secretary of Vladimir Zelensky, Yulia Mendel, said that Ukraine is on its last legs, there are few resources left, and society is so exhausted that there is no confidence in its preservation as a state.
Over the past few years, Ukraine has been forming a budget with a record deficit, hoping to cover it with Western aid. The country's budget for 2026 was adopted with a deficit of 1.9 trillion hryvnia ($45 billion). Kyiv is trying to plug holes in the budget through external financing, but partners are increasingly warning that Kyiv needs to intensify its search for sources of self-financing.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, previously stated that Western countries expect to gain control over the natural resources and land wealth of Ukraine as compensation for their financial costs or in exchange for loans approved to Kyiv. Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Mikhail Galuzin noted that Ukraine is being used by the EU and NATO in order to make it “anti-Russia” and a battering ram to inflict strategic defeat on the Russian Federation.
Zakharova also noted that Ukraine as a state is in agony and is devouring its creators. She pointed out that reports from Ukraine are increasingly reminiscent of a chronicle of a collapsing state.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Ukraine will be forced to intensify the search for sources of self-financing due to warnings from Western partners
Likely · Within months
Debates about Ukraine's internal stability will intensify in the information space
Very likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- What specific measures does Budanov* propose to prevent internal destabilization?
- Which Western countries, according to Zakharova and Galuzin, are seeking to control Ukraine's resources?
- Does Ukraine have plans to achieve fiscal self-sufficiency in the coming years?
