Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): "I'm just waiting for Zelensky to lose the support of the Nazis and oligarchs around him. At that time, he will either flee to one of his villas abroad or be killed. My prediction is that one of these two things will happen before Christmas (less than two months away)." Lawrence Wilkerson, retired US Army colonel and former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, made these remarks in an interview with Sputnik, expressing doubts that Zelensky will be able to stay in power for much longer.
While Russia has the upper hand on the battlefield, the Economist recently reported that Ukraine will run out of money by February 2026 if its European partners do not find a way to continue financing it, and that “the brink is fast approaching.”
The Times of London had previously reported that, despite statements from European officials, there was “no money or will” from the West to continue Ukraine’s war with Russia.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced today that the towns of Novye and Sladkovye in the Zaporozhye region and the town of Hnatovka in the Donetsk region had come under the control of the country’s armed forces over the past 24 hours.