As it is, Ukraine is not just the only victim of the war even though they are the worst hit; Russia are also licking their wounds. As a result of the war, news outlets where one can read, watch or listen to news no longer have independence to be aired as they have been either blocked or shutdown.
Hundreds of companies have pulled out of Russia in protest as a result of the invasion in Ukraine.
Russia meanwhile believe that this attack is not a war; rather a necessary operation designed to fight Nazis, Ultra nationalists and bring about peace and liberation ( what a funny way to go about it, if you ask me).
Although the Russian economy has not collapsed under the onslaught of sanctions, but the world's largest country is now unable to import many of the goods it once did including high-tech semi conductors.
The EU's oil embargo alone is expected to cost Moscow billions of dollars in lost export revenue. Do they have a backup plan or is this economic suicide??
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-61656289We are currently only 3 months into this war of aggression waged by Russia - which only happened because Putin fears getting overthrown like the last Russia-sponsored tsar of Ukraine. He is also trying to carve out an extra bit of his legacy, since Russia has stood still in the 20+ years of his rule and been gutted by the corruption his system of government breeds. Besides oil and gas, which are simply extracting resources from the earth, there is very little productive coming from that country unfortunately - it is full of people who have the potential of any other country, but they are handicapped by the criminality that runs from the very top of government. Oil and gas can keep it sustained in the short term, but since those energy resources have been weaponized and used to threaten Europe, it is seen as an unreliable source which needs cutting off - this will take time but that revenue source will drop as other countries step in to buy it at much lower prices. Only recently have western companies decided to pull out entirely, most had suspended operations and still paid staff, that is starting to end and hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of jobs are going to evaporate.