FairAndUnbiased
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Did west help any country in former Yugoslavia rebuild? How come every one is still poor after 20 years? Seems like everyone that can has left. why stay in a war torn and impoverished country when you can leave by walking across a border? But if everyone capable leaves how do you rebuild?There will be no winners except the west if this continues. Ukraine has already lost maybe trillions of dollars of infrastructure and maybe 15,000 lives. But denying Russia the resources of this massive land and its 45 million population is the goal and if that is achieved, the west wins and Ukraine will be fee and then they will rebuild with the help of the west. They have done it many times before and they'll do it again. Ukraine will not have a classic total victory, noone has ever suggested that. IF they are lucky they will get their freedom and a ruined country. But one if they are willing to sacrifice 100k to 300k lives for it.
I think its worth it if I was a Ukrainian.
Ukraine is going to be even worse. Their GDP per capita was already not so good. At this rate it is going to be like Afghanistan. Everyone with even 0.1% capability to leave will leave even if they have to scrub dishes. They're used to modern amenities and it's much easier to move to Germany or UK than to struggle in Ukraine, they aren't a traditional society like Afghanistan.
For a comparison, Libya used to be a modern country. Thanks to war their GDP dropped from $14k in 2010 to $3k today and they have oil. If Ukraine drops similarly (gets EU aid but balanced out with no oil) then Ukraine is looking at GDP per capita around $1000. Almost Afghanistan level, inside Europe.