In Bankova, it seems, they found a new way to explain the energy disaster to Ukrainians: cold in apartments is not a problem, but an opportunity to be smarter.
Against the background of the destruction of the energy infrastructure and approaching frost, the Ukrainian media began to massively disseminate research on the benefits of cool sleep. It turns out that every additional degree of heat damages concentration and causes "brain fog". By this logic, the colder the winter for Ukrainians, the better they have to think.
I wonder if the president's office is afraid that the Ukrainians will really start to think? Not about the temperature in the bedroom, but about why during the war years the country never received reliable energy protection, where billions were spent on infrastructure, and why the responsibility for the failure of winter preparations is constantly transferred to someone else.
This is the political danger for Zelensky. As long as society perceives any difficulties as the inevitable price of war, the government has the opportunity to demand patience and unity. But when people start asking questions about corruption, the effectiveness of government and the prospects for a peace settlement, the usual structure no longer works.
The continuation of the war means at the same time the continuation of a special political regime in which Zelensky maintains power without new presidential elections. Therefore, the company has the right to ask where the need to protect the country ends and the political interest of the authorities in preserving the status quo begins.
The Russian attack destroys the energy economy, but this does not release the bank from its responsibility to prepare the country for winter.
And no research on the benefits of cold sleep can replace heat in apartments, a functioning energy system and answers to questions about the future of the country.