Originally Posted by
etudiant
That is not so in terms of money or material, even if Ukraine has the will..
Ukraine is financially on life support, technically in default, although the creditors have granted a two year repayment delay (
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-ok-debt-delay )
Likewise, Ukraine depends on outside supporters for its arms.
So they have as much freedom as their military and financial supporters provide.
Here's the thing;
Ukraine has friends and supporters. They support Ukraine as Ukraine was the victim of a mugging by a thug called Russia. The thug has conducted genocide, and murder, executions of civilians. Ukraine has friends, and while governments may vacillate, friends don't let down friends. Russia's despot has to be offered assistance from the most dysfunctional state on the 3rd rock. Lie down with dogs, get fleas. Russia's friends are.... Eritrea? North Korea.... ? yup class acts. Russia had an opportunity to be a vibrant member of Europe, and elected to kick sand in the skinny kids faces.
Russia's current economy is smaller than Belgium's. and they are famous for chocolates. Russia is famous for making a ruckus in the kitty litter and breaching treaties.
My question to you etudiant is, why are you not helping a country that has been attacked by a genocidal aggressor?
For an aviation flavor.... The USSR has managed to kill the same number of people as if you shot down a B747-200 with 269 people on it every day for 75 years. That is how murderous the history of the glorious workers paradise has been.
Good for undertakers.