Ukrainians believe they are fighting two enemies: Russian invaders and domestic deficiencies, corruption in particular. But some also mention a third adversary: Western fears, biases and procrastinations. A clear-sighted analysis by Mykola Ryabchuk: https://desk-russie.info/2024/09/25/ukraines-three-fronts.html
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“A legend is quite popular in Ukraine these days about something that allegedly happened on the first day of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. US President Lyndon B. Johnson was reportedly approached by his aides with a long list of military equipment requested urgently by the Israeli government. ‘Give them everything and twice as much!’ the president allegedly said in this apocryphal story, without even taking a look at the list.
The story, regardless of its dubious authenticity, is a perfect reflection of Ukrainian feelings — both in a positive way, as a pipe dream (‘What would have happened if we had had such a response in 2022’), and in a negative way, as a gloomy reality (‘Give them half the amount and as late as possible’). These feelings reached a pinnacle earlier this year when Ukrainians suffered heavy losses in Donbas after Western military aid was dramatically delayed as a result of partisan bickering in the US Congress. And then, in April, those feelings arose again, after Western allies spectacularly helped Israel to intercept Iranian missiles during a massive aerial assault.”