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Special correspondent in Ukraine for Al Mayadeen English.
Dmitri Kovalevich examines how Zelensky’s administration, backed by Western powers, is prolonging Ukraine’s war with Russia through martial law, forced conscription, and failed diplomacy, risking internal collapse to maintain power.
In Ukraine, portrayals of 1975 collapse of the US-backed government in South Vietnam are now being brazenly invoked as ‘reminders’ to the US government that it must not allow a similar outcome to take place today vis-à-vis Russia.
Aware of all the changes in public mood, the movements of the Ukrainian leadership in the turbulent times ahead will be chaotic and unpredictable, like the thrashings of a cornered rat that has already played its role.
As Trump reshapes U.S. policy on Ukraine, Zelensky faces mounting pressure, exposing the West’s contradictions in prolonging the war.
Dmitri Kovalevich examines how the West sabotaged the Minsk 2 agreement, pushing Ukraine toward war, dictatorship, and political repression.
The suspension of USAID funding to Ukraine by the new U.S. administration has exposed the extent of Western financial influence on Ukrainian media, government, and nationalist movements.
Dmitri Kovalevich explores how Ukraine’s political elite bows to Western imperialism, with Zelensky mimicking Trump to maintain US favor while ordinary Ukrainians suffer under war, forced conscription, and economic ruin.
The nearly three years of the war have shown to all concerned that the Ukrainian authorities can carefully hide their military losses and failures but are unable to conceal a planned military operation ahead of time.
Throughout 2024, Ukraine and its armed forces have been shaken by corruption scandals, primarily related to orders of military supplies for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) but also related to the embezzlement of funds which Western countries provided for the functioning of the Ukrainian state.
Dmitri Kovalevich is the special correspondent in Ukraine for Al Mayadeen English. He writes two reports per month; this is his report for early December 2024.
