Absence. What you understand the most when your city is being shot at like in a shooting gallery.
Absence of anti-missiles. The government failed to restore supply. Maybe they tried. But as Shevchenko aptly wrote, “people do not see the heart, and say: lazy.”
Absence of partner warning, again, — so said Zelensky. How the famous intelligence led by the unsinkable Umierov missed the “diesel show,” when later they remembered the Russian tanker heading towards the US, and the active negotiations of Trump’s circle — is a separate issue. Just like the inability to build a communication channel with Washington. Everyone did, the Russians first. But Zelensky with the ambassador is still defining.
Absence of a plan. There were many loud statements about forcing Russia to peace, about a blackout in Moscow, about a powerful response… Where is all this? In the safes of Stihlermans, on NABU tapes?
Absence of alternative countermeasures. Destroying launch points, finding weak spots, together with partners blocking supply paths of components is either nonexistent, insufficient, or in development.
Absence of reality perception in the government. Instead of urgent unification to at least find answers to the above questions — a demonstrative struggle with Kyiv city authorities for flows and resources.
In 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky boldly shouted: “What a commander-in-chief you are!” It is unknown what he hoped for. Now the boomerang has returned. Challenges must be addressed. A video is not enough.
Urgently to parliament — there is much to discuss and decisions to make.
While it’s not too late.
Because another absence — the absence of will to accept the obvious — has already cost everyone too much.
