If Russia is able to defeat Ukraine, end the war and stabilise the situation, they will be in a better position to convince countries to work around the sanctions they are facing, which would amount to an end-run around the dominanc e of the US dollar.
I suspect if everybody understood that's what we're really concerned with, support for Ukraine would drop precipitously.
But flooding Ukraine with cash and weapons, with zero oversight or public debate should concern people. It all seems a bit poorly managed, something that most intelligent people now agree is the overarching theme of the current administration. Dropping buckets of cash aid and weapons — 20 billion here, 40 billion there — will probably do more than intended. It usually does. We love regime changing the world, spreading American style peace and democracy, typically with an unwarranted optimism about the outcome. Let’s hope things go better this time.
Also, the Ruble is stronger than it's been in years, so all of this appears to be having the opposite effect - https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ruble-hits-7-year-high-gas...
If I were Ukraine, I would do all I could to exacerbate global food shortages.
If I were the United States, I might consider how massive aid packages interact with various incentives along these lines.
Supposedly the aid is help get around the sea blockade. Every cost is a negotiation.