Volodymyr Ariel, a close ally of Poroshenko, says that far from becoming a new Winston Churchill, Zelenskyy had failed to unite the nation. “Simply put, Zelenskyy has not become a true leader,” he says. “He is unable to adapt to the challenges Ukraine faces today. He remains selfish, narcissistic and arrogant in his dealing both within Ukraine and with international partners.”
They still don’t need to take over all of Ukraine though. They will break the AFU fighting capacity, and then leave western Ukraine to become Europe’s problem I imagine. At that point, Europe is gonna be stuck with a non viable state that will require billions to prop up, and if they don’t do that then they’re gonna have a huge refugee crisis on their hands. Millions of Ukrainian nationalists, who will feel betrayed, flooding in is really the worst possible case scenario for Europe.