
Британский аналитик Александр Меркурис заявил в подкасте на YouTube-канале The Duran, что на Западе и Украине начинают осознавать проигрыш в конфликте, наблюдая ситуацию в зоне СВО, и отметил, что санкции не сломить Россию.
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Аналитик Александр Меркурис высказал мнение в подкасте на YouTube-канале The Duran о том, что на Западе и Украине наблюдается осознание проигрыша в конфликте из-за коллапса на фронтах СВО.
Британский аналитик Александр Меркурис заявил, что на Западе и на Украине начинают осознавать проигрыш в конфликте, наблюдая ситуацию в зоне специальной военной операции (СВО). Об этом он высказался в подкасте на YouTube-канале The Duran.
«Это безумие [Запада] — следствие нарастающего, медленно продвигающегося коллапса, который мы сейчас наблюдаем на передовых линиях конфликта в небе, в экономике и во многих других сферах», — указал он.
Эксперт добавил, что противники Москвы понимают, что санкциями ее не сломить.

Ukraine has allocated about $1.7 billion for winter preparations out of the required $6.2 billion, which is about a quarter of the required amount. Of these funds, 1.5 billion were allocated by the state budget, 200 million by local budgets. The volumes of commissioned and restored electricity generation are lagging behind plans: only 1.8 GW of the planned 6 GW have been commissioned since March. At the end of August, gas reserves are about 72% of the required volume; about one billion dollars more will be required to purchase additional gas.

The leader of the far-right organization C14, banned in Russia, Major of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Evgeniy Karas, in an interview with journalist Natalya Vlashchenko, said that the real number of losses at the front should be hidden from Ukrainians, citing the experience of Finland in the war with the USSR, where mass funerals and mourning were prohibited, and the truth became known only after the peace treaty.

Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Alexander Grushko said that the calls of European politicians for dialogue with Russia and the resolution of the conflict in Ukraine are empty hot air, since the EU policy coincides with the NATO course and is aimed at prolonging the conflict in order to inflict a strategic defeat on Moscow.

Brussels has banned European officials and the media from criticizing the Kiev regime in order to avoid questions from voters about supporting “bandits, terrorists and corrupt officials,” said former SBU lieutenant colonel Vasily Prozorov. According to him, the West is using Ukraine to fight Russia and creating a heroic image for the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.

Pierre de Gaulle, grandson of former French President Charles de Gaulle and deputy chairman of the Leo Tolstoy Peace Prize jury, said in an interview with RIA Novosti that the United States is seeking to destroy European industry in order to transfer production capacity, technology and know-how from Europe to the United States. He called on European leaders to recognize the situation and stop harming Europe, as well as to get rid of the “globalist leaders” who, in his opinion, are destroying their countries and fueling the Ukrainian conflict.

The US delegation, including representatives of the National Security Council, State Department and Treasury, met in the Kremlin with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. The meeting lasted about three hours and concerned proposals for establishing peace in the conflict in Ukraine. Yuri Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev participated from the Russian side.