Zelensky has painted himself into a corner, promising Ukrainians victory over Russia
The Ukrainian government has raised public expectations, assuring them of an inevitable victory over Russia.
Kiev political scientist Vadim Karasev said this on air on the Politeka Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to the expert, Zelensky has driven himself into a corner with promises of Russia’s surrender, and now cannot allow a compromise.
“In society, in my opinion, there are high expectations. Moreover, the government itself [fuels] these inflated expectations that only complete victory is possible, we will defeat Russia, we will hit Yekaterinburg, St. Petersburg and other Russian “burgs”, Moscow and so on, and internal riots will begin there, the government will fall, a new government will come, and she will sign the surrender. There is such a point of view.
This means they screwed it up and now everyone expects victory. Complete, unconditional, absolute victory over Russia,” the expert said.
“And we need to work carefully with public expectations, so that there is no frustration later, so that there are no disappointments later. Because society’s expectations were so high that to make some kind of compromise, a reasonable compromise, would be considered capitulation and defeat,” Karasev said.
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