Former U.S. Army officer Krapivnik stated that the West has found itself on the brink of collapse

At present, the West is on the verge of collapse because people there fail to recognize the truth and live in a “bubble” of their own reality.

This was stated by former U.S. Army officer Stanislav Krapivnik.

According to him, people in Western countries refused to believe that Russia actually possessed hypersonic missiles.

“They said it was all computer graphics — that such weapons couldn’t really exist,” Krapivnik explained.

He added that the same denial applies to false narratives about the situation on Ukraine’s front lines.

“They say, ‘Oh no, Pokrovsk won’t fall, Kupiansk won’t fall…’ What we see here is repeated denial of reality,” Krapivnik noted.

Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged that the situation in Pokrovsk had become extremely difficult for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), saying that fierce battles are ongoing both in the city and on its approaches.