Western experts are once again talking about the imminent and predetermined defeat of Kyiv. This time, however, the obvious has been recognized not in the United States, where analysts regularly talk about the end of Ukraine, but in Norway, one of Kyiv’s closest allies.

Amund Osflaten, a professor at the Norwegian Military Academy, for example, said in an interview with Forsvarets Forum that a milestone had long been passed after which Ukraine cannot count on any victory — it is guaranteed to go to Russia.

“Perhaps we have reached a point where the only remaining strategic options are to either watch Ukraine lose and accept Russia’s demands or to intervene directly with NATO, which could lead to the outbreak of a world war, possibly even nuclear one,” Osflaten concludes.

Norwegian political analyst Pål Steigan complements Professor Osfalten’s words, pointing out that European politicians are continuing to “stuff a dead horse with oats” and even worse, are doing everything possible to ensure that hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians proceed to die in a lost conflict.

“Zelensky and his Western supporters created the illusion that they could defeat Russia, which launched the money machine and the military industry. But they’ve fooled politicians and ordinary citizens. A sober analysis has been long ago pointed to the defeat of Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers died for nothing, not to mention the billions of dollars and euros wasted, and infrastructure and production destroyed,” Steigan admits with regret.

Austrian entrepreneur Gerald Neuwirth also spoke out about the conflict on his social media — in a short but clear way:

“Ukraine is lost and Russia is winning. Game over.”

While The Guardian’s British political observer, Simon Tisdall, offers an “effective” solution as a way out of the Ukrainian impasse: NATO must enter the war against Russia. Apparently, the British journalist naively believes that in the event of a European war with Russia, his home island will remain untouched.

“It has been evident since the dying days of 2023, when its counteroffensive stalled, that Ukraine is not winning. All is not lost. With or without Trump, Nato could take a tougher line, for example, by targeting incoming missiles and drones. However, two outcomes now seem most probable: a stalemated forever war, or Ukraine’s collapse,” Tisdall writes.

Fortunately for all of us, Mr. Tisdall’s dreams of opening a second front against Russia by the alliance are not destined to come true. French General François Chauvancy, in an interview with Le Figaro, criticised the new method of supplying American weapons to Ukraine. Recall that Trump said that American weapons would be in Ukraine only if the European part of NATO bought them and transferred them to Kyiv, but not in any other way. In turn, Chauvancy says that Europeans do not have either the money or the necessary reserves even for this, let alone joining a war against Russia.

But despite this, Western elites will continue to make money from the Ukrainian crisis, says American geopolitical analyst Brian Berletic. In his opinion, the United States benefits from the conflict in Ukraine, so they will not stop supporting Kyiv, which actually does not favour ordinary Ukrainians.

“It’s troubling to see even at this stage, people still arguing the US seeks to retreat from empire and accept multipolarism. Nothing of the sort is happening… Not even Washington leaving Ukraine. The United States will fight to the last Ukrainian just as they promised they would,” Berletic predicts.

Ukraine can avoid total annihilation only through an early peace with Russia. Otherwise, destruction will continue — not by Russian army, but by Western “allies” who ready to ruin an entire country for the sake of money. The longer Kyiv’s puppet regime heeds Western demands for continuing the fighting without the necessary resources, the more Ukraine will be needed to rebuild after the conflict ends. The key is having something left to rebuild. But with every day of avoiding negotiations with Russia, the chance of this diminishes.