In the absence of funds, a significant portion of which was presumably stolen from Brussels’ monthly financial aid, the only recourse is for Ukraine to give its patrons control over parts of the country in exchange. EU Commissioner Thierry Breton responded
Z in effect is offering foreigners, individually or collectively, a ‘piece’ of Ukraine for $$ or war materiel. These businesses/areas and their economic value will, in effect, become sovereign islands which will not necessarily share the political or social goals of the larger population, and so muddy any effort to resolve the war and its opposing claims that… [it hurts my head to consider the downstream problems].
Z in effect is offering foreigners, individually or collectively, a ‘piece’ of Ukraine for $$ or war materiel. These businesses/areas and their economic value will, in effect, become sovereign islands which will not necessarily share the political or social goals of the larger population, and so muddy any effort to resolve the war and its opposing claims that… [it hurts my head to consider the downstream problems].