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Special correspondent in Ukraine for Al Mayadeen English.
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.
Ukrainian legislator Oleksandr Dubinsky also emphasizes that the end of Zelensky's power means the beginning of the audit of American military aid, which stands as a threat to the reputation of the "Dems".
Kurt Volker, former special representative of the US State Department for Ukraine during Trump's presidency, recently made a number of statements anticipating that Trump will not talk about compromises; he will simply demand that Russia withdraw its troops from Ukraine. This will be no different from the stance of the Biden administration.
Zelensky's ‘victory plan’ combines nuclear blackmail, false accusations of the Korean and Iranian militaries aiding Russia's combat operations, and talk of mobilizing women into combat support roles to ‘defend Europe’.
The battle for Ugledar, as well as the earlier battles for the cities of Bakhmut, Avdeevka, and Mariupol, show just the opposite of the claims by Zelensky and his political/military government, namely that for the AFU, buildings and even ruins are more important than human beings in uniform.
Just as day follows night, those who want to perpetuate today's war can only achieve this by usurping political power and suppressing any and all public protest and disagreement.
