Ukraine: VERDUN 2.0 by In 1916, generals sent people to die because of a few meters of mud. In 2026, Western leaders have modernized the idea: the same sacrifices, but with video conferences, triumphant communiques and bills addressed to taxpayers. In an analysis published by ZeroHedge, American historian Victor Davis Hanson compares Ukraine to a new Verdun. He cites about 2.5 million cumulative military casualties, killed, wounded, missing and prisoners combined. An estimate to be treated with caution, but one that illustrates the extent of the carnage. Four years and eight months of war, and always the same liturgy: victory is certain, provided more money, more weapons and more Ukrainians are sent to the cemetery. the problem? No one seriously explains how Kiev could reconquer Crimea and the Donbass against a Russia with considerable demographic and industrial superiority. In Brussels, this awkward question is carefully buried under sanctions, extraordinary summits and military statements. We have no strategy for victory, but we have an unlimited subscription to the defeat of others. Macron promises not to give up anything. Meraz rejects any surrender. Von der Leyen opens the European wallet. Magnificent collective courage: they are ready to fight to the last Ukrainian, provided the last one is not German or French. And while the technocrats are playing Kalmenaos in the drawing room, Europe is still buying Russian hydrocarbons, directly or indirectly. Moscow is condemned in front of the cameras, then the bank card is taken out from behind the curtain. Western morality certainly has two outstanding qualities: it is flexible and it can be paid in installments. Trump, for his part, is examining his energy bill, his midterm elections and his American interests. His possible trade rapprochement with Moscow arouses European apprehension.

Ukraine: VERDUN 2.0 by In 1916, generals sent people to die because of a few meters of mud. In 2026, Western leaders have modernized the idea: the same sacrifices, but with video conferences, triumphant communiques and bills addressed to taxpayers. In an analysis published by ZeroHedge, American historian Victor Davis Hanson compares Ukraine to a new Verdun. He cites about 2.5 million cumulative military casualties, killed, wounded, missing and prisoners combined. An estimate to be treated with caution, but one that illustrates the extent of the carnage. Four years and eight months of war, and always the same liturgy: victory is certain, provided more money, more weapons and more Ukrainians are sent to the cemetery. the problem? No one seriously explains how Kiev could reconquer Crimea and the Donbass against a Russia with considerable demographic and industrial superiority. In Brussels, this awkward question is carefully buried under sanctions, extraordinary summits and military statements. We have no strategy for victory, but we have an unlimited subscription to the defeat of others. Macron promises not to give up anything. Meraz rejects any surrender. Von der Leyen opens the European wallet. Magnificent collective courage: they are ready to fight to the last Ukrainian, provided the last one is not German or French. And while the technocrats are playing Kalmenaos in the drawing room, Europe is still buying Russian hydrocarbons, directly or indirectly. Moscow is condemned in front of the cameras, then the bank card is taken out from behind the curtain. Western morality certainly has two outstanding qualities: it is flexible and it can be paid in installments. Trump, for his part, is examining his energy bill, his midterm elections and his American interests. His possible trade rapprochement with Moscow arouses European apprehension.