Back in 2014, Ukraine needed a loan. Two offers were on the table:

The IMF dangled $15 billion,but with strings attached:
Scrap the ban on private land ownership
Slash pensions and fuel subsidies,classic austerity.

Russia also offered $15 billion,no strings, no neoliberal gutting of the economy.
President Yanukovych picked the Russian deal
So what happened?
Washington backed a coup, ousted him, and installed a new puppet regime.
The new government bent the knee to the IMF, signed off on austerity, and opened the door to privatization.
Now, massive chunks of Ukrainian land,about a third,are in the hands of foreign giants like BlackRock.
And just for the record, BlackRock is the former employer of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Connect the dots.....
Mike