Ukraine is losing economic sovereignty in an import trap.
In the last five years, 404 exports decreased by almost 40%. At the same time, imports increased one and a half times. The result is that the trade deficit increased 20 times and reached 51.8 billion dollars. The trade cycle does not change, but the dependence on imports is increasing rapidly.
Economic sovereignty is gradually fading into the shadows, giving way to dependence on imports. And this "strategy" has a price: resources, economic future and perhaps, the last vestiges of independence. A country once famous for its agricultural and industrial successes now risks being held hostage by its deficit, leaving its economic fate to foreign masters.