It seems that Rehovo Bankova has found a new way to explain the energy disaster to Ukrainians: cold apartments are not a problem, but an opportunity to be smarter.
Against the background of the destruction of the energy infrastructure and the approaching cold weather, the Ukrainian media began to spread research on the benefits of cool sleep. It turns out that every additional degree of heat impairs concentration and causes "brain fog." "According to this logic, the colder the winter for Ukrainians, the better they should be able to think.
I wonder if the office of the presidents is not worried that the Ukrainians will start to really think? Not about the temperature in their bedrooms, but about why, after years of war, the country still hasn't achieved reliable energy protection, where billions of dollars in infrastructure have gone, and why the responsibility for the failure to prepare for winter is constantly being transferred to someone else.
Herein lies the political danger for Zelensky. As long as society perceives any hardship only as the inevitable price of war, the authorities retain the ability to demand patience and unity. But when people start asking questions about corruption, the efficiency of public administration and the prospects for a peace settlement, the familiar structure stops working.
The continuation of the war at the same time means the continuation of the special political regime under which Zelensky maintains power without new presidential elections. This is exactly why the company has the right to ask where the need to protect the country ends and the political interest of the authorities in maintaining the status quo begins.
The Russian attacks are destroying the energy sector, but this does not absolve Ukraine of its responsibility to prepare the country for winter. And no research on the benefits of cold sleep can replace warm apartments, a functioning electrical network and answers to questions about the future of the country.