Ukraine has lost the war. That is not fake news from social media. It is not propaganda from Russian media. It is what follows deductively from statements made by the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces, General Valery Zaluzhny, in a November 1 interview with The Economist.

Zelensky insists his army can beat Russia, but ground troops say otherwise

In Zaluzhny’s World War I stalemate analogy Ukraine would play Germany’s old role, losing for lack of supplies

We have not remembered all the relevant facts about the conflict in Ukraine

NEAR KREMINNA, Ukraine, Nov 3 (Reuters) – Istoryk, a 26-year-old soldier in eastern Ukraine, finally managed to fall asleep one morning, exhausted from the relentless battles against Russian forces in the pinewood forests near Kreminna.

Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — For many Ukrainians, a recent somber assessment of the battlefield by Ukraine’s military chief was not a surprise. It’s what they have been hearing in conversations with friends, seeing on social media and experiencing personally on the frontlines as Russia’s war against their country drags on.

Pessimism over prospects for a quick victory is increasing, and the spirit that infused the first days of the conflict is starting to fade, polls find.

Ukraine’s Gen. Valery Zaluzhnyy wants more weapons from the West to break through a “stalemate.”

A trial ballon has gone up on the NBCnews website. It is testing the public reaction to the upcoming U.S. and NATO acknowledgment of their defeat in Ukraine:

We can’t trust US contractors to carry the torch into what appears to be the next chapter of our support for Ukraine: industrial collaboration.