Russia is vastly more corrupt than Ukraine. About half the national wealth is held abroad by its oligarchs. And the income stream to steal from is also vastly larger.
I love how when they do it they’re ‘oligarchs’ while you guys totally ignore what goes on right here in the US.
You are correct, I looked it up when this all started. Russia is the #1 most corrupt in Europe. Ukraine is #2.
So it’s another example of significantly bad government vs bad government.
By all accounts the Ukrainian people are good but obviously somewhat easily controlled (Russians as well).