Broccoli
Senior Member
Does not make sense at all, because Ukraine is bleeding out at a far faster rate than Russia. Ukraine has its gdp effectively halved by the invasion, its electrical and transportation infrastructure is severely damaged if not destroyed in many places and unable to import and export by sea due to the blockade and effective loss of ports. If Ukraine losses the south its economically crippled for life, being effectively land locked, and the south is heavy Russian speaking. A lot of Ukrainian income comes from the passage of Russian gas and oil through pipelines. All the refugees mean a significant loss of Ukrainian labor to man their factories.
It does not make sense at all because it's Ukrainian lives that are being destroyed in a far faster rate and they are of all people cannot afford a long term war that will destroy their country. The country isn't just Europe's bread basket, it's also it's basket case. Years of war will reduce the country from third world status to an Afghanistan-Syria level of status.
Not to mention the global recession that's coming.
According to who?