The military invasion of Ukraine didn’t, on the whole, work for Russia. Save for the Crimean Peninsula and the Donetsk/Lugansk regions – two economically undeveloped and dependent regions, nothing has been gained after months of hostilities. The piss – poor Ukraine and its degraded, almost non-existent army worked a miracle and beat back the seasoned, heavily armed Russian troops.
None of this means, however, that Russia will abandon its goal of destroying Ukraine. A decision has been made to take the road of economic sabotage against Ukraine. The country is on the verge of an economic collapse as it is. Plus, the Americans said that they won’t help out until they see massive economic reforms in Ukraine.
This means that now Ukrainians have to work an even greater miracle. They need to make their economy function. And as improbable as it sounds, in the face of the existential threat they are facing, they just might pull it off.
This might still prove to be the best thing that ever happened to Ukraine. As Comrade Mao used to say, “There is great chaos under heaven: the situation is excellent.”
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