Sir: As usual, your article with the above-captioned title is well-written, clear and persuasive, taking a highly complex subject and organizing and extracting the essentials. For friends of Ukraine, it is all good news. But please permit me to do a bit more than play devil’s advocate. For me, as for many others, the essential point is: Will this economic decline allow Ukraine’s limited defensive resources to end Russian occupation? The main reason which leads me to skepticism toward your articl