{"id":1323964,"date":"2025-11-22T12:12:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T10:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/there-comes-a-moment-in-the-life-of-every-nation-what-s-wrong-with-the-president-s-speech\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T07:53:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T05:53:37","slug":"there-comes-a-moment-in-the-life-of-every-nation-what-s-wrong-with-the-president-s-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/there-comes-a-moment-in-the-life-of-every-nation-what-s-wrong-with-the-president-s-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"There Comes a Moment in the Life of Every Nation\u201d: What\u2019s Really Wrong with Zelenskyy\u2019s Address"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Source: Author&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kyryljuk\/posts\/pfbid0ps8pQUzZF6k9u8podf8GDFQFMsUKqKC7qwmgi751SMrxDHThG9WjyKnryqtD3vhhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cTHERE COMES A MOMENT IN THE LIFE OF EVERY NATION\u2026\u201d \u2014 that\u2019s how Zelenskyy opens his address, which positive bloggers have already hailed as historic\u2026 and promptly closed the comments.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, elected by the will of the people&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; the president recalls the lines of his oath.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"75\" data-end=\"581\">And it was said deliberately. This is a carefully chosen trigger \u2014 designed to plunge voters back into 2019, into the emotions they felt when celebrating his victory. Back then, the president\u2019s kiss of a bald man from the neighborhood at the inauguration seemed like the charming nonsense of a \u201cguy from the people.\u201d The phrase \u201ceach of us is a president\u201d promised a new political era, and running around the fountains in Mariupol had not yet carried the ominous premonition of complete incompetence.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"583\" data-end=\"696\">Overall, the entire speech is built on flashbacks \u2014 an attempt to revive the collective emotion of triumph.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"698\" data-end=\"956\">\u201cWe were thrilled when the whole world said, \u2018My God, how incredible Ukrainians are, what titans they are.\u2019\u201d According to the speechwriters\u2019 plan, this is meant to bring us back to the joy of the Armed Forces\u2019 victories near Kyiv, Kherson, and Kharkiv.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"958\" data-end=\"1152\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">But I would say: \u201cSimply put, <em data-start=\"990\" data-end=\"1112\">in the life of every nation, there comes a moment when its government deliberately fails to prepare for an enemy attack.<\/em>\u201d That is why we had to become titans.<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/one-of-the-most-difficult-moments-in-history-zelenskyy-addressed-the-ukrainian-people\/\">One of the most difficult moments in history: Zelenskyy addressed the Ukrainian people<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p data-start=\"100\" data-end=\"529\"><strong data-start=\"100\" data-end=\"155\">\u201cThe enemy did not see our backs\u2026 that is dignity,\u201d<\/strong> says the president.<br data-start=\"175\" data-end=\"178\" \/>I would argue that we clearly <em data-start=\"208\" data-end=\"213\">did<\/em> see the backs of his friends fleeing the country during curfew in a VIP taxi, carrying the characteristic rectangular objects earned from the energy industry. And this is not some rumor; it comes from official data in the NABU investigation. Honestly, I have no idea what dignity Zelenskyy is talking about here.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"531\" data-end=\"831\"><strong data-start=\"531\" data-end=\"611\">\u201cEveryone should stop the nonsense; the government should work effectively\u2026\u201d<\/strong> the guarantor continues.<br data-start=\"636\" data-end=\"639\" \/>Yet for now, we witness how \u201ceffectively\u201d Mankurt Dmitriev operates \u2014 giving Trump yet another fool in the form of a \u201cpeace plan\u201d and compelling the red-haired peacemaker to impose it on us.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"833\" data-end=\"1100\">Meanwhile, our government \u2014 which seems to have no one appointed based on professional qualifications \u2014 fails at everything it touches. And it\u2019s no wonder: efficiency is hard to expect from people whose main function appears to be <em data-start=\"1064\" data-end=\"1097\">not overshadowing the president<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1102\" data-end=\"1443\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The only ones truly performing are the <strong data-start=\"1141\" data-end=\"1168\">Armed Forces of Ukraine<\/strong>. And they are operating at the limits of human capacity.<br data-start=\"1225\" data-end=\"1228\" \/><strong data-start=\"1228\" data-end=\"1282\">\u201cThere comes a moment in the life of every nation\u201d<\/strong> when its government has botched mobilization measures \u2014 and, through its own actions, only strengthens Russian propaganda aimed at undermining our mobilization.<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" data-right>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/dignity-and-freedom-day-ukrainians-again-need-faith-in-victory\/\">Dignity and Freedom Day: Ukrainians again need faith in victory<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p data-start=\"100\" data-end=\"336\">Then the guarantor recalled his crowning \u201cbecause he didn\u2019t run away\u201d \u2014 a reminder, so the public wouldn\u2019t forget this supposedly \u201coutstanding\u201d virtue: <strong data-start=\"251\" data-end=\"334\">\u201cEither you sign, or you will be liquidated\u2026 and I didn\u2019t betray Ukraine then.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"338\" data-end=\"478\"><strong data-start=\"338\" data-end=\"404\">\u201cI promised to abide by the Constitution and laws of Ukraine,\u201d<\/strong> Zelenskyy says.<br data-start=\"420\" data-end=\"423\" \/>And I want to ask: what remains of that Constitution?<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"685\">\n<li data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"527\">\n<p data-start=\"481\" data-end=\"527\">Parliament has been reduced to mere scenery.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"528\" data-end=\"608\">\n<p data-start=\"530\" data-end=\"608\">The government functions as a technical appendage to the President\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"685\">\n<p data-start=\"611\" data-end=\"685\">International politics is privatized by a single decision-making center.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"687\" data-end=\"827\">Thus, <strong data-start=\"693\" data-end=\"748\">\u201cthere comes a moment in the life of every nation\u2026\u201d<\/strong> when its power is overtaken by all sorts of Vitkof-Dmitrievs and other scum.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"829\" data-end=\"944\">Where is our international team?<br data-start=\"861\" data-end=\"864\" \/>Does anyone even remember the name of the current Minister of Foreign Affairs?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"946\" data-end=\"1153\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The modern \u201cpeace plan\u201d being imposed on us became possible only because we once allowed the line between politics and show to blur \u2014 between strategy and emotion \u2014 and replaced professionals with comedians.<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-ideal-default-partner-why-trump-is-playing-on-moscows-side\/\">The ideal default partner: why Trump is playing on Moscow&#8217;s side<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p data-start=\"70\" data-end=\"234\">And now they are showing us that the \u201cmeet in the middle\u201d approach, which everyone unanimously celebrated in 2019, has become the very same 28 points of the plan.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"342\">One could spend a long time analyzing the president\u2019s speech, his rhetoric, and manipulative techniques.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"344\" data-end=\"469\">But the fact remains: the emotions of 2019 no longer work in 2025. History demands not nostalgia or flashbacks, but growth.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"471\" data-end=\"594\">I don\u2019t see the president growing up yet, and I don\u2019t even dare hope for it. What I do hope is that society will grow up.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"596\" data-end=\"734\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">And it must understand that <strong data-start=\"624\" data-end=\"679\">\u201cthere comes a moment in the life of every nation\u2026\u201d<\/strong> when it has to pay for its mistakes at the ballot box.<\/p>\n<p>Also, follow <strong>\u201cPryamyi\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 Materials published in the \u201cOPINIONS\u201d section reflect the opinion of the author of the publication, who bears full responsibility for the accuracy of the information.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 The editorial staff of prm.ua may not share the opinions expressed in the author&#8217;s material.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 The owner of the webpage in the \u201cOPINIONS\u201d section is the author of the publication.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Author&#8217;s Facebook page \u201cTHERE COMES A MOMENT IN THE LIFE OF EVERY NATION\u2026\u201d \u2014 that\u2019s how Zelenskyy opens his address, which positive bloggers have already hailed as historic\u2026 and promptly closed the comments. &#8220;I am, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, elected by the will of the people&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; the president recalls the lines of his oath. 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