Because the West treats Ukrainians strictly as sepoys, and they are drawn into it for free. If Ukrainians ever realize this, Zelensky could be toppled; for him, any peace talk or, worse, end of war is tantamount to an admission of guilt for dismal pre-war defense management and various “excesses” of his kleptocratic dictatorship. He will then have risked to lose his head, possibly in quite a literal sense.

Their brains seem to have been washed pretty thoroughly though. But washing machines are shutting off.