Subject: Re: OT, out
This would be the first time I have ever heard of the loser of a war making the winner pay reparations.
But, hey, this isn't the first wild claim from Ukraine.

Well, wars have many dimensions. I agree that it seems unlikely (as it has for three years) that Ukraine's old borders will ever again be the widely recognized and permanent ones.
But when it comes to the money side of things, the winner is the one holding the money. That isn't Russia, and is (IMO) unlikely ever to be so.

Jim