Interview with Wilhelm Langthaler, spokesperson of the Anti-imperialist Camp, in the exiled Ukrainian opposition media outlet politnavigator.net.
Recently, more and more publications have appeared in the Western media, which contain the opinions of politicians and high-ranking NATO generals that the military conflict in Ukraine is moving towards Kiev’s defeat. How can you explain the increase in the number of such materials?
# The reason is very clearly connected with the results on the battle field. Nobody can deny anymore that Russia is advancing and that that the Ukrainian army is exhausted. Nevertheless Western media is continuing is warmongering campaign against Russia asking for further escalation.
Is public opinion really changing not in favor of Zelensky? Why?
# There is a very important distinction to be made: Published opinion and popular opinion which are more and more deviating from each other. Significant parts of the people want to go for peace with Russia and ask for negotiations and a compromise. But there are no strong signs that the ruling elites will respect the popular will. They are solely listening to Washington and Brussels who want to continue the war despite the obvious troubles they face.
Is it true that the Western countries are experiencing growing fatigue from the conflict in Ukraine and constant “give-and-take” requests from the Kiev regime?
# Yes, that is true. But the translation into political forces being ready and able to voice this is slow. You just see that the German BSW which won significant influence in Eastern Germany for advocating peace with Russia is now readying itself to enter coalition governments with the main NATO party of Germany, namely CDU. They may have extracted some nice words from them, but eventually they will serve as a cover-up for NATO warmongering.
Everybody is waiting for the US election results. If Trump wins, he might try to push the bipartisan power apparatus for a cease fire. It is by no means given that he will succeed. After all the deep state have been moving against Russia to preserve US supremacy. If that needs further escalation, they might want to continue on the path to World War 3
