Ukrainians Want Zelensky to End the War

Countless men and women are dead. Cities have been destroyed. Other nations want to “help” by sending weapons, but Ukrainians are eager to end the war. A Gallup poll from July 1-14 found that only 24% of Ukrainians would fight until victory.

Back in 2022, 73% of people favored fighting until victory, but now the true cost has been revealed, and there is no victory in war. As of July 2025, 69% of Ukrainians support ending the war immediately through negotiations with Russia. In contrast, only 22% of the nation felt that peace talks were warranted in 2022.

Ukrainians notably shifted their view toward the US, their former top ally, once Donald Trump took office, with 73% expressing disapproval. This marks a record high and stands in stark comparison to 2022, when 66% approved of Biden’s unwavering support for the war.

The Kyiv Post reported that only 48% of Ukrainians support President Zelensky, although this figure is optimistic. Zelensky’s attempt to eliminate the agencies that protect the public from government corruption damaged his image.

“When analyzing the dynamics of trust in the context of the events surrounding Law No. 12414, it is important to note that we already observed a downward trend in early June. Therefore, not all of the seven-percentage point drop in trust can be attributed to the adoption of the law.

However, this event undoubtedly had an impact, as some respondents specifically cited the vote as the reason for their distrust of the President,” according to the survey’s commentary. The Gallup poll found that 35% of respondents do not trust Zelensky, a 5% increase from before his failed executive order.

The West speaks of protecting Ukraine by increasing military aid and multiplying its own military arsenals. But the people do not want war. The Brits, the Germans, the Ukrainians–every single indicator shows that the people do NOT want to play the neocons’ war games. A survey is the only feigned consideration that the people have, as they are not permitted to vote on war. The Ukrainians were not even able to vote on their leadership, as Zelensky has installed himself as the permanent president until “victory” is achieved. Assuming permanent leadership under the premise of war will become a familiar concept in the coming years. The Ukrainian people have been living in fear for three years, and soon, all of Europe will feel the same repercussions of wartime hardships.

Yes, that’s what I believe, too.

Another factor than the industrialization might have been the imports of Russian hemp or Bengali jute, which might have, in part, superseded the CSA-produced fibers. These were even cheaper to produce (you can imagine how little Russian or Bengali agricultural laborers were paid…).

I still remember when, in the late 19th century, the German flax and hemp production collapsed because of the cheap imports of fibres from Russia and British India. German farmers were in luck, however, as the population was increasing rapidly, which necessitated an expansion of the food production.

Thus, they simply were able to plant more grain, sugar beets and potatoes and started breeding more pigs, cattle and poultry (for the increasing demand in milk and meat), instead growing of flax and hemp 🙂

Please call me Marty.

I run the ArmstrongEconomics scam site.

The worth of my advice can be measured by my three bankruptcies and losing over $700,000,000 of my clients' funds in bad trades.

That failed ponzi scheme got me eleven years in the federal pen.

signed, Martin Armstrong

Criminal conviction
In 1999, Japanese fraud investigators accused Armstrong of collecting money from Japanese investors, improperly commingling these funds with funds from other investors, and using the fresh money to cover losses he had incurred while trading.[13] United States prosecutors called it a three-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme.[14] Allegedly assisting Armstrong in his scheme was the Republic New York Corporation, which produced false account statements to reassure Armstrong’s investors. In 2001, the bank agreed to pay US$606 million as restitution for its part in the scandal.[14]

Armstrong was indicted in 1999 and ordered by Judge Richard Owen to turn over fifteen million dollars in gold bars and antiquities bought with the fund’s money; the list included bronze helmets and a bust of Julius Caesar.[15][16] Armstrong produced some of the items but claimed the others were not in his possession; this led to several contempt of court charges brought by the SEC and the CFTC, for which he served seven years in jail until he reached a plea bargain with federal prosecutors.[17][18][19] Under the terms of the agreement, Armstrong admitted to deceiving corporate investors and improperly commingling client funds—actions that according to prosecutors resulted in commodities losses of more than seven hundred million dollars—and was sentenced to five years in prison.[20][15]

He was released from federal custody on 2 September 2011 after serving a total of eleven years behind bars.[21][22]

The case against Armstrong was finally closed in 2017, with the distribution of about $80 million to claim holders by the receiver, according to court filings.[23] Armstrong appealed the refusal of the receiver to transport his remaining possessions from storage lockers in New York and Pennsylvania to him in Florida, but the appeal failed in 2019. Concerning his felony conviction, Armstrong is “unrepentant”, according to Bloomberg.[1]

Hidden rare coins cache
In 2014, a day laborer sold a box of 58 rare coins to a Philadelphia thrift shop for $6,000, which he said he had found while clearing out the basement of a house in New Jersey. Three years later, in 2017, when the thrift shop announced they were to auction the coins—actually valued at $2.5 million, Armstrong came forward to declare himself the rightful owner. He claimed that he had hidden the coins in his mother’s old house to take them “off the books” in anticipation of the public offering of his firm. The thrift shop sued Armstrong, asking the court to declare the thrift shop as rightful owners while Armstrong counter-sued, also seeking ownership. In 2019, the US government learned about the coins and claimed them as part of the treasure hoard Armstrong had refused to hand over in 1999, and for which he had served seven years in jail for contempt. In addition to rare coins, the treasure hoard, valued at $12.9 million, included 102 gold bars, 699 gold coins, and an ancient bust of Julius Caesar.[24][25]

Armstrong was deposed and, according to Receiver Alan M. Cohen, Armstrong admitted hiding the coins. However, Armstrong’s attorneys said in a court filing that Armstrong did not make this admission. The auction house now possesses the coins and the US government has filed suit to take possession.[24][25]

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