Who will pay to rebuild Ukraine after all this death and destruction? It has to be Putin and Russia

‘Russia has already killed or injured over 22,000 Ukrainian civilians, while 2.4 million have had their homes damaged or destroyed.’ A resident of Kramatorsk surveys the damage after a Russian attack on the city, 14 June 2013. Photograph: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP/Getty Images

We have no doubt that the war with Russia will end with Ukraine’s victory. But when the war is over, the big question will be who will pay for its consequences? Who will pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine? Today an international Ukraine recovery conference begins in London. This is how we see it.

There is not a snowball’s chance in hell that Putin’s Russia will pay Ukraine reparations for the destruction.