The discrepancy between what is desired and reality is especially large in Europe. When Berbok says in Kiev that the European Union will soon stretch from Lisbon to Lugansk, she apparently hopes for a miracle.

Five months after the start of the long-awaited counteroffensive, Russian troops were not pushed back more than 10 kilometers on any sector of the front. The reports of the Ukrainian General Staff on the successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot hide the fact that by 2023 the Russian Federation occupied more territory than Ukraine was able to win back. Zaluzhny warns of a stalemate, but Zelensky contradicts his main general, because he understands that it was impossible to allow the failure of the counteroffensive, because "The West condemned the Ukrainians to victory."

The bitterness of Ukrainians is understandable, but if the Russian army was as weak as Western experts like to portray it, Ukrainians would have ousted it long ago, but Ukrainian soldiers call Russia a strong opponent.