Sure is starting to look that way, although it is going to be up to Russia in the end. I also think that it would be a really dumb move for Poland to absorb western Ukraine. It’s not like Poland is doing well economically right now, and getting saddled with a rump state is only going to add to the existing problems.
Such an anexation by Poland/EU would probably also come with a call for ukrainians to move there away from “evil Russia” which would just cause more friction as the population increased and specially with what they will start doing to both the ukrainians and the russian speakers (ukrainian or otherwise) that were to go too.
I would even say it would be a tragedy, it would introduce all the problems of the interwar Poland had with them and then some more. Any part of UA annexed would be like powder keg.
Preparing for that final partition between Russia and Poland, eh?
Sure is starting to look that way, although it is going to be up to Russia in the end. I also think that it would be a really dumb move for Poland to absorb western Ukraine. It’s not like Poland is doing well economically right now, and getting saddled with a rump state is only going to add to the existing problems.
Such an anexation by Poland/EU would probably also come with a call for ukrainians to move there away from “evil Russia” which would just cause more friction as the population increased and specially with what they will start doing to both the ukrainians and the russian speakers (ukrainian or otherwise) that were to go too.
Good point, it would basically be populated by hardcore nationalists who wouldn’t exactly be happy to be subjugated by Poland.
I would even say it would be a tragedy, it would introduce all the problems of the interwar Poland had with them and then some more. Any part of UA annexed would be like powder keg.
completely agree