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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People are making good money off this war though, including in Ukraine. There have been lots of reports of grand scale embezzlement of the funds and resources being sent for the war.

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's your hypothesis here? Some corrupt folks in Ukraine figured that maybe if Russia attacked and on the chance than the country could maintain a solid defence and assuming that western nations would be willing to send large amounts of military aid over a sustained conflict there could be money to be made? Seems like quite a dice roll to me let alone how they could exert influence over Russia to get them to invade. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're suggesting but it seems pretty implausible to me.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only a child would come up with a hypothesis like this. An adult would understand that Ukrainian oligarchs keep their wealth in western banks, and they make money through the corrupt government they set up after the coup in 2014. If you think Ukrainian oligarchs care about Ukraine any more than US oligarchs care about the US then you must've been born yesterday.

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Damn you got me, I was born yesterday. It's been a wild 24 hours.