In reply to Redacted:
Translated and based on the note from the "Voice of Sevastopol"by Serge Turgeneff. Made in Russia's Editor
What Ukraine had lost:
Crimea (2,3 mln) - reunited with Russian Federation.
Donbass/Novorossiya (6,5 mln) - no matter of the results of the Civil War, the region will not be a part of Ukraine in the previous format.
Dozens of thousands lives - killed civilians, soldiers of Novorossiya, soldiers of Ukrainian Army
Hundreds of thousands - refugees to Russia (more than 800 0000) and other countries. Many will never come back. More than 100 000 Ukrainian citizens had already got an official asylum status in Russia.
High-tech industries - dozens of enterprises were integrated with Russia, in such industries as: defense, aerospace, aviation, helicopter, railroad, chemical and many others. Now these chains are broken, many Ukrainian factories are stopped or destroyed, few evacuated to Russia. Massive outlays. EU and US markets are not interested in their production.
Agriculture - export to Russia is closed, harvesting process is delayed. EU markets are oversaturated, due to the responsive sanctions from Russia. Hence Ukraine will not be able to sell its agricultural products there.
Cheap gas - all existing discounts from Gazprom are cancelled, as a result, many Ukranian industries are under pressure (very high level of energy intesitivity, due to old equipment). Positive operating margins of the Ukranian industries were largely due to the discounted gas imports from Russia.
Budget losses - significant shortage of tax collection, fleeing of capitals, destroyed infrastructure of the South-East. Russia doesn't pay anymore for the Naval base in Crimea.
Credits - up to $10 billion current debts to Russia. Nowadays the credit rating of Ukraine is dropped to "pre-default". New credits are almost impossible to get.
Army and Navy - the leftovers are degrading rapidly.
Law and order - the legal system is degrading, police is replaced by illegal groups from right-wing radicals.
Multi-party system - Communistic party of Ukraine and the Regions' Party are forbidden. President is getting more and more power.
United Ukraine - the inevitable ideological breakdown of the country.
Looks like, forever.
EU membership - zero chances for many years ahead.
NATO membership - impossible due to territorial problems.
Customs Union (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan) - impossible, keeping in mind, the current "authorities" in Kiev.
Well-being - salaries' delays, massive outlays (IMF), skyrocketting growth of tariffs (IMF) and prices, enormous devaluation of national currency (as a result and extra increase to already existing budget deffcits), rapid cuts of the social programs (IMF conditions), lots of disabled due to Civil War.
What Ukraine had got:
A rebelling army of Novorossiya (20 000 - 30 000 people now).
Cookies from Victoria Nuland.
Photos of Mr.Poroshenko with Obama, Merkel and Kerry.
New mayors and governors - oligarchs.
Nazis among the "official" authorities.
Promises of economic assistance from Western countries.
Promises of military assistance from the West.
The increased popularity of national symbolics (painting of bridges, benches and etc. into the colors of Ukrainian flag).