so what are the bets, will Ukraine keep any sea access after this war?
Sea access
What difference does it make when NATO members already have lots of access to the Black Sea?
They're struggling in Kharkiv and Mariupol, there are 0 chances they'll occupy Odesa.
it makes a difference to what the west-ukranian economy will be in the future
depends, if the ukranians resists yeah, if the ukranian army collapses and they surround Odessa it will be over at some point
They don’t need to take Odessa, just cut it off and wait
What economy? Ukraine exports their gold and in exchange for EU nuclear waste.
if things go according to plan western ukraine will be russian. but it would've been nice to capture Odessa I guess.
the right question is: will Russia keep sea access after this war
Why you're shitty poll with fake news sources would make any difference? You're not even Spanish. KYS pls.
fertilizer and grain and steel and some other natural resources and materials? or is that all in the eastern part?
i guess if you export shit it is much better if you have access to the sea rather than having to drive it somewhere and ship it from there
The right question is which one of 20 Russias will have access to which sea
you mean eastern ukraine? the western part seems like it would be too hard to occupy even if they could conquer it
>fertilizer and grain and steel
Isn't that all East of the river? Mariupol had a steel plant.
should have put that option, forgot, sorry
i guess you are right, the western part may be bad economically except for kiev
I don't know what any of this says but there is more in the east.
eastern yeah, sorry
>western part seems like it would be too hard to occupy
The Carpathian mountains seem like a nice defense.
the right question should be will Ukraine exist after the war?
There won't be an independent Ukraine after this war.
There wasn't one before the war.
i mean from the local population annoying them an sabotaging stuff, i guess there's more ukranian speakers in the west, but i read somewhere 70% of people in ukraine have their phones set to russian, so even that may be a larp, not sure
i assume the western part would be too costly to occupy because of the population rising up, so they won't even try even if they could, and it doesn't look like they even could at this point