My ex gf is Russian / Ukrainian; While dating I asked her about this. Basically she said: Ukraine is run by mobsters and you can’t build anything without their

My ex gf is Russian / Ukrainian; While dating I asked her about this. Basically she said: Ukraine is run by mobsters and you can’t build anything without their involvement and they’ll make sure it’s only barely worth your while. The Russians in Ukraine just want to swap Ukrainian mobsters for Russian mobsters who they believe be fairer to them. As for Belarus she tells me: Lukashenko is often asked if he would reunite with Russia; he responds by saying that’ll be great as he will then lead all of Russia. So it’s actually Lukashenko that is putting off reunification. It’s my opinion that if the West really wanted to end the war in Ukraine they would need to help ending the mobsterism there that’s driving the Russian Ukrainians into Russian hands. Instead it seems that the West are instead supporting these same mobsters as a way of attacking Russia and the poor Ukrainians are caught in the middle of it.