Ukraines infrastructure is being decimated. It has a huge impact. How big? Hard to say but getting worse.

However, read German news sites. One of the goals is to force millions more refugees and prevent the 10 million refugees from returning. This is creation dissension in Germany. Putin knows that German opinion is mixed and adding another 5 million refugees to the current one million in Germany is a nightmare scenario.

If countries like the USA and Canada stepped up and each offered to take a million refugees it would likely soften the feeling in Germany that they are carrying the weight while we in North America have no impact on our daily lives.