Staff Reports
Russia is pushing forward in southern Ukraine while the West twiddles its thumbs and wastes time on endless sanctions and virtue-signaling. After nearly four years of this grinding conflict, Moscow’s forces have seized control of several settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region, exploiting every advantage they can find—even something as simple as dense fog to slip past Ukrainian defenses. Meanwhile, Kyiv’s battered troops are locked in brutal, exhausting battles, stretched thin and struggling to hold the line against a bigger, better-equipped Russian army.
Let’s be clear: Russia’s military machine is not toeing the line. It’s gaining ground—relentlessly. In Donetsk alone, Moscow’s troops have captured nine settlements over the past month. They’re stretching Ukraine’s already overextended defense along a front that’s nearly 800 miles long. The West’s prized sanctions on Russia’s oil sector are supposedly designed to force Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table. But the Kremlin leader isn’t biting—at least not yet—because these sanctions, like virtually everything else coming from Washington and Brussels, are more performative than practical. They haven’t slowed Russia down. They certainly haven’t ended the fighting.
Russia making gains in Zaporizhzhia is a worrying sign it shows the front is still unstable and Ukraine is under heavy pressure. Every advance deepens the conflict and pushes any chance of peace further away.https://t.co/kL66CF1vww
— Bitterness_Joy (@bitterness_joy) November 13, 2025
On the other side, Ukraine is riddled with corruption scandals at the highest levels. While soldiers bleed and die under relentless pressure, Kyiv’s top officials are busy investigating their own Justice Minister for misconduct. This internal rot saps Ukraine’s focus and resources, all while Western “support” keeps flowing in—but with precious little accountability for how that aid is actually used. Meanwhile, America’s leftist leaders and Europe’s globalist puppet masters are more interested in maintaining their political theater than securing a decisive victory or a real peace.
Russia’s tactics—deploying elite special forces and drone operators—show they are prepared for a war of attrition that will outlast Western impatience. Their supply lines may be stretched, and casualties have been significant, but the Kremlin is playing the long game—and it’s a game the West clearly isn’t winning. Kyiv’s attempts to hit back inside Russia with drone strikes are bold, but they barely distract from the fact that Ukraine’s overall battlefield situation deteriorates by the day.
This conflict exposes the profound failure of Western policymakers who act tough in speeches but falter when it truly counts. Instead of halting Russian advances or forcing a meaningful ceasefire, the endless flow of sanctions, weapons, and hollow promises only prolongs the carnage. The real question is, when will America and its European allies stop propping up a corrupt regime while enabling Putin’s slow but steady territorial gains? Until they do, Russia will keep charging forward, and Ukraine’s nightmare will continue. Who knows—maybe it’s time to rethink who we’re actually backing in this costly mess.
