Two and a half years since the war began, we've finally come to the point where most of the Mockingbird Media is ready to call it quits, and openly admit the obvious: Russian Federation troops are winning the war.

Even in their cheerleading for Kiev, they have to admit that 'if Ukraine and its Western backers are to win, they must first have the courage to admit that they are losing.'

The Economist reported:

"A measure of Ukraine's declining fortunes is Russia's advance in the east, particularly around the city of Pokrovsk.

[…] Ukraine is also struggling off the battlefield. Russia has destroyed so much of the power grid that Ukrainians will face the freezing winter with daily blackouts of up to 16 hours. People are tired of war. The army is struggling to mobilize and train enough troops to hold the line, let alone retake territory. There is a growing gap between the total victory many Ukrainians say they want, and their willingness or ability to fight for it."

Another unmistakable realization is that abroad, 'fatigue is setting in', be it in Germany and France or in the United States.

"If Mr Zelensky continues to defy reality by insisting that Ukraine's army can take back all the land Russia has stolen since 2014, he will drive away Ukraine's backers and further divide Ukrainian society. Whether or not Mr Trump wins in November, the only hope of keeping American and European support and uniting Ukrainians is for a new approach that starts with leaders stating honestly what victory means."

It's become obvious that he does not have the men or arms to turn the war around.