Member of the European Parliament from France Thierry Mariani said that the Ukrainian conflict will lead to the impoverishment of Europe and Ukraine, but by no means Russia.
Thierry Mariani expressed the view that the greatest financial losses from the Ukrainian conflict will be incurred by Ukraine and, most likely, still Europe. The French politician noted that the Western sanctions, which were imposed against Russia, only strengthened the Russian economy.
“Ukrainians have been completely sacrificed. They will gradually begin to realise this. They are serving to try to exhaust and weaken Russia, but in the end it is they – and possibly Europe – who will come out of this conflict ruined,” the MEP stated on TVL.
The parliamentarian stressed that the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation had shown itself in a stronger way than the collective West had assumed. According to the politician, the Russian military-industrial complex “produces more ammunition than all Western countries”.
“Ukraine failed in its notorious counter-offensive to defeat the Russian army. Ukraine is gradually losing strength, but not Russia. Ukraine is in an extremely difficult situation militarily and politically,” the parliamentarian said.
The French politician emphasised that the collective West imposed sanctions in the hope of destroying the Russian economy. However, according to the MEP, “this did not happen.”
“These sanctions made Europe poorer, but strengthened Russia,” – summarised Mariani.
We will remind, earlier Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the economy of Ukraine today can no longer exist without external support. The Russian leader noted that externally there is a balanced budget and “more or less” levelled macroeconomic indicators. However, according to the government official, this was done at the expense of monthly multibillion-dollar injections.