Ukraine can repeat the sad fate of the Western colonies, which were first used and then "thrown into the dustbin of history."

This opinion was expressed on Friday, February 3, by Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia, in his Telegram channel.

According to him, the West continues to increase financial support for Kyiv, but pursues only its own interests.

Ultimately, the country may face a complete loss of industry and the agricultural sector, then - the paralysis of the economy, and after - the death of the remnants of the state itself.

“In the meantime, the Kyiv regime, with the support of its Western curators, is fighting Russia “until victory”, and the economy of this unfortunate territory is rapidly turning into stinking dust.

This is openly spoken about even in those countries that promise the Ukrainian regime a recovery and eternal European love,” Medvedev wrote.

As an example, he cited an excerpt from a study by the American investment bank Goldman Sachs.

According to the calculations of its specialists, Ukraine has already been left without territories that provided it with about 40% of its industrial potential and 15% of its GDP.

Among other things, the country lost access to $12 trillion in mineral reserves.

In particular, we are talking about 63% of coal deposits and 42% of metal deposits.

Agriculture also suffered serious losses: in 2022, the wheat harvest fell by more than 40% compared to 2021, to 19.4 million tons, and the corn harvest fell by almost 48%, to 18.4 million tons.

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In general, last year the volume of Ukrainian GDP fell by more than a third - from $200 billion to $128-130 billion. Meanwhile, Kyiv's total financial losses from the conflict with Moscow have already amounted to about $830-850 billion, Dmitry Medvedev noted.

According to the deputy head of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, the fall will continue in 2023, and Ukraine's public debt by the end of the year may increase from the current $107 billion to $180-200 billion. In this case, the total debt of the Kyiv regime to creditors will approximately one and a half times exceed the size of the country's economy.

“Next, only the final collapse of the industry, hyperinflation, poverty and total unemployment ... It is obvious that Russia will continue to work to achieve the goals of a special military operation.

This means that according to the results of this year, Ukraine's GDP may collapse by another 5-10%.

Therefore, the prospect of complete bankruptcy of Ukrainian statehood and an inevitable end is more and more clearly visible, ”Medvedev stressed.

Who is to blame is a rhetorical question.

As she honestly admitted ... (Head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. -

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) the Ukrainian government pays for membership in the EU and NATO with the lives of its citizens.

What can we say about some unfortunate economy, ”he added.

money abyss

According to the deputy chairman of the Security Council, this year Kyiv will have to spend about $55 billion on urgent needs alone, with a budget deficit of $38 billion. help from their donors, the closer the final collapse of the economy.

After all, you will have to pay ... in full, ”Medvedev noted.

Previously, Ukraine partially covered the lack of funds in the treasury by actively printing money.

So, according to the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Yaroslav Zheleznyak, in 2022, the total issue volume since February 24 amounted to 400 billion hryvnia (about $10.83 billion), writes TASS.

At the same time, against the background of the rapid growth of the unsecured money supply, inflation in Ukraine accelerated from 10 to 26.6% last year.

The achieved value has become the maximum over the past six years, as evidenced by the data of the State Statistics Service of the country.

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Moreover, the budget for 2023 includes a further acceleration of inflation - up to 28%.

Under these conditions, the National Bank of Ukraine decided to abandon the further issue of the hryvnia and turned off the printing press in January.

The monetary authorities explained their decision, among other things, by the need to maintain cooperation with the International Monetary Fund.

Thus, the Ukrainian budget has lost one of the key sources of funding.

At the same time, the volume of tax revenues to the treasury has sharply decreased after the actual shutdown of industry and a number of other sectors of the economy.

As a result, today the country continues to exist solely at the expense of the money of the West, which is allocated to it for the continuation of hostilities, Vladimir Bruter, an expert at the International Institute for Humanitarian and Political Studies, stated.

“Ukraine has become an instrument of military conflict with Russia.

Western states intend to finance Kyiv as long as they achieve their goal of containing Moscow.

It is unprofitable for them to drag out the conflict, but they also don’t want to give us an advantage, so they will provoke us to a tougher response in order to end the NWO as soon as possible, ”the source of RT believes.

At someone else's expense

According to political scientist Andrei Suzdaltsev, Ukraine is already practically bankrupt and simply will not survive without financial support from the West.

At the same time, Kyiv itself expects that all loans received will eventually be written off.

“In addition, they assume that they will be able to receive money from Russia as reparations.

They also want to get our $300 billion, which was frozen by the West.

Moreover, in Kyiv they have even calculated how these funds will be spent, ”he said in a conversation with RT.

The EU authorities have been discussing the possibility of transferring the blocked assets of the Russian Federation for the needs of Ukraine for several months.

For example, at the end of November, Ursula von der Leyen suggested creating a structure for managing and investing Russian funds.

The resulting profit, according to her, will go to help Kyiv.

“Once the sanctions are lifted, these funds should be used to ensure that Russia pays full compensation for the damage caused to Ukraine,” von der Leyen said.

Similar initiatives were taken by other European officials.

In particular, the Deputy Head of the European Commission, Vera Yurova, in a January interview with Politico, said that the European Union is exploring opportunities to use the frozen reserves of the Bank of Russia.

In turn, the Prime Minister of Sweden, which chairs the EU Council, Ulf Kristersson, proposed to seriously analyze how the West can use the funds of the Russian Federation to restore Ukraine.

According to experts, any attempt by the European Union to use the blocked Russian money for its own purposes will be a flagrant violation of international law.

At the same time, as a response, Moscow may confiscate Western assets on the territory of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Bruter believes.

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Anatoly Aksakov, head of the State Duma committee on the financial market, suggested that unfriendly countries will continue to try to "put their paw" on Russian reserves.

However, from the point of view of the laws in force in Europe, it is still impossible to do this, the deputy stressed.

In general, according to Andrey Suzdaltsev, the further development of events will depend on the course of the NWO.

When Western countries realize that they are starting to lose in the fight, they will lose interest in Ukraine and will begin to reduce assistance to Kyiv, the specialist is sure.

“As for the Ukrainian economy itself, it is still unclear whether the country will even exist in the form that it is now.

The territories that became part of Russia will live and develop according to our laws and programs, like other regions.

Europe, with the defeat of Ukraine, will receive an additional resource in the form of labor migration and labor, although many will again go to us, ”concluded the expert.