Former CIA Officer Claims Ukraine Is a “Sinking Ship”
Jose Nino
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Former Central Intelligence Agency analyst Larry Johnson recently went on an interview with Redacted News where he revealed that Ukrainian officials have compared the country to a sinking ship like the Titanic as it has become abundantly clear that Russia is winning its war against Ukraine.
“The fact that the New York Times is now reporting this tells you how bad the situation is. They’ve realized that this party is over,” Johnson told Redacted host Clayton Morris in the interview, making a reference to a NYT report.
“It goes to part of another story that came out last week about members of the Rada – the legislature. They’re trying to get out of Ukraine. So to get out of Ukraine at the border you’ve got to show a passport. So no passport, no leaving,” Johnson stated.
“The fact that the Ukrainian legislators recognize that the end is near, which is why they’re trying to get out, it’s like that scene from the movie Titanic. The passengers are moving one direction, the rats are moving the opposite way. That’s what’s going on in Ukraine right now. The rats are heading for the lifeboats.”
The following section from the New York Times report was particularly damning:
Below is a key, damning section from the fresh NY Times reporting…
Recruiters have confiscated passports, taken people from their jobs and, in at least one case, tried to send a mentally disabled person to military training, according to lawyers, activists and Ukrainian men who have been subject to coercive tactics. Videos of soldiers shoving people into cars and holding men against their will in recruiting centers are surfacing with increasing frequency on social media and in local news reports.
The harsh tactics are being aimed not just at draft dodgers but at men who would ordinarily be exempt from service — a sign of the steep challenges Ukraine’s military faces maintaining troop levels in a war with high casualties, and against a much larger enemy.
Lawyers and activists say the aggressive methods go well beyond the scope of recruiters’ authority and in some cases are illegal. They point out that recruiters, unlike law enforcement officers, are not empowered to detain civilians, let alone force them into conscription.
Anyone who believes that Ukraine has a chance of winning this conflict is simply delusional. Russia has escalatory dominance in this region and it will not stop until it has completely pummeled Ukraine into territorial disintegration. The only way to prevent this scenario is by stopping the deployment of military aid to Ukraine and encouraging diplomatic talks.
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