> They said the same thing to the UK They didn't because the UK didn't even have the same problem due to the UK already having been a EU member for a long time

> They said the same thing to the UK They didn't because the UK didn't even have the same problem due to the UK already having been a EU member for a long time, as such it was already tooled for EU market demands. While the Ukrainian economy was very much tooled towards former Soviet markets like Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, those made up 60% of Ukraine's exports in 2013 [0]. Obviously a lot of that fell apart after 2014, instead came IMF bailouts aka loans [1], which have been keeping the Ukrainian economy alive since then, now substituted with additional credits for the weapons some countries are supplying Ukraine. > Do you understand what trade harmonization means ? You can't be part of multiple trade harmonization zones. So you do understand the actual issue? Then why act like it ain't an issue and it's just "Russian propaganda like in the UK!"? [0] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-russia-ukraine-factbox-idUSBRE9AL0LQ20131122 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-russia-ukraine-factbox... [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/business-27233152 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-27233152