Won’t this require massive infusions of cash inot the Ukraine. It can’t possibly be able to fund another eight months of war from it’s own resources, can it?
Biden stumbles in…. Where’s my pudding
Ukraine has credit based on the solid asset of all Russian assets captured by the western sanctions.
The Russian economy will be forced to pay reparations for decades to come
You are right. But not that long. Ukraine government will be broke in a few months. Worse, so will its citizens.
The war is not the driving factor, per se. Its the self-inflicted damage done by the pro-Russian socialist Economic Minister. She has decided that fuel, gasoline and diesel, can only be bought at the prices she has set. Those prices are below wholesale; so the wholesalers cannot make a profit, but only a loss and have mostly shut down.
The little fuel that comes into the country goes to the military, with civilians getting little to none. So they farming is limited, people cannot drive to work and are losing all income.
With Orc mines in farm fields, may farmers cannot farm, no matter the fuel. With the Orcs in control of the ports, the farmers cannot ship grain. As a consequence, the grain harvest is predicted to come in at around 40% of normal. That does not take into count that many wheat farmers have planted buckwheat and oats. Most of the harvest will be used internally, with little remaining for any possible export.
No harvests, no exports, few able to work, and many major industrial centers destroyed, Ukraine will not realize the tax revenue needed to keep the country going.