The country has looted itself into irrelevance. The moment the EU lent them money they emptied the vaults of the country's gold reserves in exchange, so now they have nothing. There is no investment in Ukraine, just extraction via foreign ownership. The 'breadbasket of Europe'? Only if it can find a way to invest in itself again and not let foreign BigAgra take everything (it may be too late already). I feel sorry for countries like Ukraine, but it really is a case of self-inflicted wounds. The problem is always down to corruption, always a few 'patriots' who are entrusted to bring much needed reform but who then either get bought or get killed by foreign powers who just want to pillage their resources.