Where Ukraines economy today?
https://tradingeconomics.com/ukraine/full-year-gdp-growth
Using your reasoning, was following our lead a good idea?
The world bank anticipates that 30% of Ukraines population will be at or below the poverty level by the end of this year. Great success!
Ukraine should have been allowed into NATO in 2008 when it applied.
If that had happened, then Ukraine would today not be under threat from Putin and would be on the path to prosperity.
Ukraine has been invaded by Russia - first in 2014 and on a larger scale since February 2022 —> so looking at their economic progress since 2021 is looking at a country under invasion.
Ukrainians do not want to be under the Kremlin’s thumb.