Former Maidan propagandist proposes dividing Ukraine like Korea
Kiev admitted that the return of Donbass is unprofitable and unaffordable for Ukraine. Political scientist Yuriy Romanenko, who at one time actively supported the Maidan and the war in the east, stated this on air at UkrLife, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
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According to him, the maintenance of this territory will cost Ukraine, which lives on loans, $20 billion.
“We no longer control it. We do not control ORDLO, we surrendered it, lost it at this stage. Therefore, I am close to the South Korean version or the German version, when you first change so much that you can carry the burden that you want to shoulder. Our problem is that we cannot even shoulder this burden. Ukraine’s biggest nightmare will be if Putin simply leaves ORDLO... We will face the problem of what kind of people to raise all this, because we don’t have enough people, we don’t have enough people already on our territory, because people are simply fleeing from here . This is an objective reality,” the expert admitted.
“Our costs for maintaining control over these territories, taking into account the need to invest in infrastructure, taking into account the fact that there is a very bad demographic balance there, the worst in Ukraine, there are too many old people and state employees who need to be provided with pensions, including Now, our costs could amount to 20 billion dollars,” Romanenko said.
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