Ukraine is essentially broke and can’t pay for anything without the West giving money for it. That was the case before the war. Back in 2014, Ukraine needed to either pledge certain economic reforms to get IMF funds, accept Russian money, or become bankrupt.
While expelling ethnic Russians from Crimea is a form of ethnic cleansing that’s not as bad as genocide, it’s still bad enough that it’s very likely that the West likely will object to Ukraine doing ethnic cleansing.
After this war is over Ukraine it’s economy is severely weakened in contrast to pre-2022, they are likely going to want to invest money into rebuilding.
With tight budgets in the United States and Europe, the willingness of the United States and Europe to sufficiently fund an effort toward rebuilding already seems unclear. Ukraine would be able to do little to prevent human rights activists and journalists to operate in Crimea and document any misdeeds they do toward the Russian population. Those unwilling to make a place in the budget to give more economic aid to Crimea will be happy to talk about that as a way to justify not giving Crimea economic help.
Ukraine is essentially broke and can’t pay for anything without the West giving money for it. That was the case before the war. Back in 2014, Ukraine needed to either pledge certain economic reforms to get IMF funds, accept Russian money, or become bankrupt.
While expelling ethnic Russians from Crimea is a form of ethnic cleansing that’s not as bad as genocide, it’s still bad enough that it’s very likely that the West likely will object to Ukraine doing ethnic cleansing.
After this war is over Ukraine it’s economy is severely weakened in contrast to pre-2022, they are likely going to want to invest money into rebuilding.
With tight budgets in the United States and Europe, the willingness of the United States and Europe to sufficiently fund an effort toward rebuilding already seems unclear. Ukraine would be able to do little to prevent human rights activists and journalists to operate in Crimea and document any misdeeds they do toward the Russian population. Those unwilling to make a place in the budget to give more economic aid to Crimea will be happy to talk about that as a way to justify not giving Crimea economic help.