No doubt. Western co's have already been buying up Ukrainian agricultural land like crazy (through various funds and obscure schemes).
The longer this war continues, the longer the US oil/gas sector gets to enjoy their great profits, just as they have been in the past two years. And then there's the US/EU military industrial complex of course.
Then there's the whole 200-billion-dollar "aid" thing too. That money's not free. I skimmed through an article the other day, which mentioned the fact that Ukraine now OWES it's helpers around 4 bn in interest. And how are they going to pay that off, considering their budget for 2024 is in deficit by around 40bn?
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Don't forget that the collective West is holding 300 billion of Russia's reserves.
This may be a simplistic view, but it would probably be in Russia's interests to 'take' as many of Blackrock's/Vanguard's/JPMorgan's/Monsanto's newly acquire Ukrainian goodies as possible. Get more leverage in the future negotiations.
