Zelensky likely understands that his personal survival hinges on prolonging the war.
This is an analysis of an RT interview shown in video above. The ongoing war in Ukraine has become a tragedy measured not just in lives lost but in truths buried. As revealed in the interview transcript with former U.S. Army officer Stanislav Kropivnik, the conflict is no longer about Ukrainian sovereignty or democracy, it is about strategic positioning, profit, and political survival, especially for the West.
Kropivnik’s analysis points to a deeply cynical use of Ukraine by Western powers. According to him, Ukraine is being treated not as a sovereign ally but as expendable “biomaterial.” This blunt term reflects the reality that Ukrainian citizens are dying in a war whose direction and duration are ultimately dictated not from Kyiv, but from Washington and London. Far from charting its own course, the Zelensky administration appears trapped, by its own political reality and by its backers’ expectations. As Kropivnik points out, Zelensky likely understands that his personal survival hinges on prolonging the war. If he accepts peace on Russian terms, his own government or Western handlers may see him as a liability. Either way, he is boxed in.
The situation is made worse by what appears to be deliberate misinformation. Kropivnik claims Zelensky is shielded from the truth on the battlefield. This reflects a dangerous detachment from reality. While Western media often portray Ukraine as defending itself heroically against Russian aggression, the transcript reveals that actual control of weapons like HIMARS systems lies with the Americans. Targeting decisions are not made in Ukraine but in the United States. This is not a sovereign war effort, it’s a proxy war.
One of the most damning revelations is the admission that peace negotiations are a farce. Russian representatives have signaled willingness to negotiate under specific conditions, but these are flatly rejected by Ukraine and its backers. Zelensky insists that Crimea and the Donbass must return to Ukraine, but Russia views those territories as permanently integrated. The people living there, according to Kropivnik, have no desire to return to Ukrainian control after years of war and daily bombings. Refusing to recognize this hard truth ensures perpetual war.
Meanwhile, Western leaders like German opposition figure Friedrich Merz are focused not on peace but on military build-up. The economic costs of this are staggering, Germany is preparing for a trillion-euro defense debt, while the U.S. eyes lucrative weapons sales. Thousands of outdated U.S. tanks sit unused, waiting to be sold or donated for destruction on Ukrainian soil. All of this is framed under the pretense of protecting democracy, but the transcript makes clear: this is a business. War is profitable, and Ukraine is the battlefield of choice because American and European soldiers are not the ones dying.
Even worse, Kropivnik states that children and women are being drawn into the fight. The Ukrainian government, running out of manpower, is allegedly targeting teenagers through propaganda and requiring women to register for service. The official draft age may be 18, but recruitment efforts are reaching far younger. This is not national defense, it’s desperation.
The narrative that Russia is solely to blame and that Ukraine is heroically resisting is too simple, and increasingly dishonest. This war was avoidable. It was predictable. And it has been sustained not for Ukrainian victory, but for geopolitical and financial gain. The U.S. does not want peace, it wants leverage over Russia, access to gas markets, and European dependence on American arms.
Ultimately, this war is not just a European crisis, it is a moral crisis for the West. How many more Ukrainians must die before political leaders admit what they already know, that victory, as it was originally defined, is not coming? If Western capitals are serious about peace, they must acknowledge ground realities and stop using Ukrainians as cannon fodder for strategic games. Anything less is not support, it is exploitation.
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