Ukraine is screwed too. Don't forget that their cities and a huge percentage of their economic base is damaged or destroyed. They'll repel the Russians but unless the West invests hundreds of billions (which I don't think will happen - and I personally think EU membership is crazy) their country will suffer the after-effects for decades to come.
Much of Ukraine will become Russian. The Hungarian strip will go to Hungary, same for Romania. Poland is already desiring the remainder....Poland is telling the Czechs to give back land or else...from about 1950.
Azerbaijan invaded Armenia and was horribly cruel and sadistic to captured armenians....but no one cares.
There are other land battles, Kosovo and Serbia had serious border issues recently.
Tajikistan and Turkmenistan just added to stop their border war.
India, China, and Pakistan settled their border conflicts. Just.
So its like a worldwide fourth turning. And of course Syria, Israel-Palestine, Yemen - US and Saudi Arabia.
I am sure I missed some...Ethiopia still at war?
We just troops to Somalia and Yemen a few weeks ago.
War everywhere you look.
” unless the West invests hundreds of billions”
EU and the west are already having high level meetings on how to do just that. From what I have seen, Ukraine had already done a far better job of raising the living level for its people than Russia has done. Otherwise why would the invaders be stealing washing machines, dishwashers, microwaves, and toilets? Ukraine is certainly not more devastated than was Germany at the end of WW2, so why imagine that they cannot rebuild newer and better too?
Supporting nations will vote legislation to provide the economic support for rebuilding. Such money voted will support a lot of jobs in the voting countries, resulting in employment, and tax dollars. Anyone ever hear of “high velocity dollars”? Can’t remember the name of the economist who coined that phrase, but the concept appears to work well.