| − | By mid-November 2022 nearly half of Ukraine's electrical and natural gas infrastructure, built by the former Soviet Union which the Ukrainian government despises and wants to eradicate every last vestige, was wiped out. [[Kremlin]] media advisor Sergey Savchuk observed, "the time for jokes is over and Russia is ready to continue to carry out forced decommunization, disabling the legacy of the Soviet Union, so hated for modern Ukraine."<ref>https://ria.ru/20221118/ukraina-1832336124.html</ref> | + | By mid-November 2022 nearly half of Ukraine's electrical and natural gas infrastructure, built by the former Soviet Union which the Ukrainian government despises and wants to eradicate every last vestige, was wiped out. [[Kremlin]] media advisor Sergey Savchuk observed, "the time for jokes is over and Russia is ready to continue to carry out forced decommunization, disabling the legacy of the Soviet Union, so hated for modern Ukraine."<ref>https://ria.ru/20221118/ukraina-1832336124.html</ref> [[GDP]] was reported to have fallen by 41%,<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/video/russian-missile-strikes-estimated-caused-145200424.html</ref> and inflation accolated to 26.6% annually.<ref>https://english.nv.ua/amp/inflation-continues-to-accelerate-has-reached-26-6-ukraine-news-50289605.html</ref> |