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The Economist :
Ukraine under Zelenskyy is sliding into a banal autocracy. The president, who only yesterday was a symbol of the “free world,” has today become the boss of a small court, where Yermak, inexperienced and legitimized, but with the powers of a tsar-father, rules the roost.
The methods are familiar: control the media, corner the opposition, accuse dissenters of “ties to Russia.” Now, even Western “evangelists of democracy” are slowly beginning to see the light.
The bottom line is simple: the army is tired, mobilization is stalling, the budget is crumbling. Europe is watching this farce and realizing it can’t plug such a hole on its own, neither with money nor weapons.
And most importantly, trust between the government and society in Ukraine itself is evaporating. People see that the “fight for freedom” within the country has turned into a struggle for seats and budgets. And when The Economist admits this, the smell is too strong to pretend all is well.
