Russia wonβt go bankrupt. Theyβre a massive gas station and global natural resource hub that half the world buys from, ignoring Western sanctions. We wouldnβt allow their collapse either; the geopolitical risks would be too big.
Imagine a collapsed Russia run by another warlord Γ la Prigozhin or Kadyrov with 5,000 nukes?
Better the devil you know than the devil you don'tβ¦
Be serious :)
Europe is running out of money. There wonβt be an additional 70 billion on top of the 90 billion Zelensky asked for. Many countries made that clear at the last European Council. Germany is trying to strong-arm the others, but they are all more or less out of cash. Weapons are still being bought from the US; European output remains irrelevant. Ukraine is losing 25K+ soldiers a month, with zero expectation of turning the conflict around and reclaiming its territories militarily. The US will not get involved directly, and Europe lacks sufficient combat-ready forces and equipment for any meaningful contribution. Plus, nobody in Western Europe will get killed or have their cities destroyed for the swamps of eastern Ukraine.
Zelensky is pretty much just a pawn; he is there until he serves his purpose.
Watch: when they decide to pull the plug (in the next 4-5 months at the latest), the stolen money and corruption will start making headlines nonstop all over the world, and he will end up being removed.