Congratulations, you got it in one....
Without the wealth of Eastern Ukraine, there is no way that Kiev could ever pay back those loans.
And a LOT of people make a bunch of money booking the fees for those huge loans, and the political favoritism that money buys.
Ukraine should just give them the treatment that Russians gave Ukrainians back in the day.
Put’m on trucks and take their azzes to the border and tell them to go to Russia...your houses and jobs are now in the hands of Ukrainians.
lol.