haarp1 t1_j4gagb2 wrote on January 15, 2023 at 2:56 PM

Reply to comment by div414 in Missile attack on Ukraine: two thermal power plants damaged, one stops producing electricity by Klaasie765

> Nation rebuilding for the victor doesn’t work like you think it does.

any chance that you can give a quick TLDR? was it a no-interest loan? still, UK has a lot more of GDP or govt budget than Ukraine (1T vs 40B). ukraine exports mostly steel (they can probably forget about that now) and agri stuff (mostly intact but with xx % losses).

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Ukraine_exports_in_2013.jpg

div414 t1_j4ggmbw wrote on January 15, 2023 at 3:41 PM

Out of the 13B allocated to the Marshall Plan, only 1.2B were loans. Everything else were grants.

Russia has 300B seized by Western institutions. Another source of probable funding.

haarp1 t1_j4goalv wrote on January 15, 2023 at 4:34 PM

i wouldn't count on the latter, it would damage trust in the western banking system. even iran got its cash back for example.

div414 t1_j59oczi wrote on January 21, 2023 at 11:56 AM

Iran agreed to a deal and didn’t invade anyone.

It’s leverage.