Evil Incarnate
What you are not being told about Ukraine under the Zelenskyy administration (Free)
I will now report what Artem Dmytruk, a member of Ukrainian parliament in exile in the U.K., told us in Cambridge a week ago. This will be a rough entry, which some of you may find hard to believe. I’ve seen the presentation, talked to Artem, and looked him in the eyes, and I have zero doubt about his integrity and the authenticity of his story.
The point of his presentation was that basically everything we have been told about Ukraine is a lie. Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a ruthless dictator who really does not seem to care about anything but wealth. So bear with me. I am only reporting to you what Artem told us at the meeting. Most of this entry is free to read, but the “tactical” parts are for paid subscribers only.
First, however, I want to note that the (first) repercussions of escalation, by President Trump, have appeared. Yesterday evening, it was reported that the airspace of the Astrakhan region of Russia is closed between August 4 and 8. The same flight moratorium was issued before the first Oreshnik strike. The moratorium and thus "threat" also may be part of the negotiations, as the Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is reportedly in Moscow.
Now, let’s return to the horror story Artem told us about Ukraine under the rule of President Zelenskyy. Please acknowledge that I will be repeating only what he told us with nothing added nor subtracted (please acknowledge the possibility of errors in numbers and some details, though).
First Artem repeated what we already knew. Volodymyr Zelenskyy was elected under the ticket “President for Peace,” and he also promised to fight Russia. He was elected with very high support, but before the war, his support had already collapsed, and so the war saved him.
According to Artem, people started to get killed (especially in the East) in 2014. By 2022, the death toll would have already reached tens of thousands. This would have been the main reason why President Putin started invading Ukraine. According to Artem, Putin did not want to annex the Donetsk and Lugansk oblasts but was essentially forced to.
When the war started in February 2022, Artem entered military service. He showed us photos from those times, but I did not write down where he served. You can read more of his history from his Wikipedia page.
According to Artem, Ukraine has become a dictatorship. President Zelenskyy has been “purging” political opponents, including one of the main negotiators with Russia. The Zelenskyy regime has captured, tortured, and disappeared critics. According to Artem, there are over 7000 political prisoners in Ukraine. President Zelenskyy also has a plan to end the Orthodox church. Priests have been jailed and persecuted.
There are no military prisoners left to give in exchange with Russia. The Zelenskyy administration is gathering political prisoners and dissidents to give back in exchange. Russia has 12k–20k Ukrainian military prisoners and around 5000 KIA (killed in action). Around seven thousand prisoners have been returned. The dead Ukrainian soldiers Russia is returning are not given back to their families for burial but cremated. This procedure allows the Zelenskyy administration to steal the money promised to the families, which should be given to them when their members are killed (I did not get the sum).
Currently, everyone who dies in the war is classified as “missing in action.” The Zelenskyy administration employs this tactic to minimize the number of casualties. Most of the western money that is coming into Ukraine is robbed by the Zelenskyy administration, which is getting extremely rich. Many members of the administration have fled after getting rich. Most of the weapons the West delivers are sold to the black market. At least ten billion worth of weapons, munitions, etc., have been lost.
Ukraine has lost around 500k men in the war, with one million wounded (at minimum). Most of the men have left Ukraine. Men can't leave Ukraine legally (borders are closed on them), so they must be smuggled out. Hunting and kidnapping men from the streets, wherever, has become a standard practice. Those who are and do not want to go to war need to pay $10k. This process is making the Zelenskyy administration very rich. The “commissars” are kidnapping and killing people at will. You can be killed for speaking Russian, going to the church, or criticizing Zelenskyy.
The testimony of Artem essentially portrays the total collapse of law and order in Ukraine. It also presents President Zelenskyy as a monstrous dictator. You may want to consider why the picture that is being painted to us in the Western media is so totally different. The treatment of Artem in Ukraine and the political situation there tell us that the time of President Zelenskyy is ending.
Artem told us that he’d been under the “killing order” of President Zelenskyy two times, with the latter still “in effect.” When he started to criticize Zelenskyy, he was detained by the notorious SBU (Služba bezpeky Ukrajiny; Secret Service of Ukraine) and beaten badly (he showed us the photos). The Zelenskyy administration (naturally) also tried to bribe him.
Currently, the Zelenskyy administration is trying to get him extradited to Ukraine using two charges. The first one is from the time when he was serving in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament). One time, he tried to force himself into a meeting, he was banned from participating. The second charge is from the time he was detained by the SBU. One of the SBU officials is accusing Artem of attacking him. Everyone can draw their own conclusions about these charges, but I believe they are phony. After Artem had fled from Ukraine, the administration of President Zelenskyy tried to detain his family (wife and two kids) when they were heading into the U.K. (if I recollect it correctly, in Switzerland). They failed.
According to Artem, the time of Zelenskyy is over. He is just trying to rip off everything he can before he is forced out. It is not difficult to agree with this assessment. People are willing to accept extreme oppression only for so long.
President Zelenskyy and many members of his administration own villas and luxury estates all over the world. Artem suggested that they head there when either there’s a coup, money flows run out, or the AFU collapses (this part was a bit unclear to me, as he spoke through a translator who messed around with his words). The last one of these is rapidly approaching. According to Artem, the situation in the front is about as dire (or direr) as I have described here. 500k men have deserted from the army, and the lack of manpower is acute. There is no path to victory for Ukraine. He says that there is no other path for peace in Ukraine than through re-establishing a relationship with Russia.
The above has been a rough testimony from a Ukrainian MP in exile. As I listened to his testimony, I found myself at times unable to believe what I was hearing, as the situation in Ukraine is far worse than I had initially anticipated. However, like I explained above, I looked the man in his eyes and saw no lie. He was a humbled man with a tracking collar on his feet.
I think that the War Triad has turned Ukraine into a modern version of Nazi Germany. I go into the implications of this in more detail later, but we need to acknowledge what role massive corruption and decadence play. It is a moral depriver, exactly what I speculated that the ‘group-over-groups’ would be doing.
President Zelenskyy looks to be evil incarnate. And, for this man, President Trump is pushing us towards a nuclear confrontation with Russia and the U.S. Either he's receiving serious misinformation, or there's a significant issue with everything we're witnessing.
Tuomas
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