Bad news for the Libyans, and the Italians. If it's as big of a failure and as brutal as the last Italian attempts to be imperialists, this could be a major tragedy.
They're rightly resisting getting their sons and husbands being transformed into hamburger over in the hills of the donbass. With half the Ukie armiy trapped in the debaltsevo cauldron, I don't see how the Ukie message that "we're winning" can possibly be believed anymore. They're being bled white and they know it.
The way they prevent people who desperately want to be together and do business pretty much guarantees never-ending war. Confederations of private property owners is infinitely more sensible and adaptive to the residents' needs than static treaty borders.
The cure for high prices is high prices. Expect deflation which will get the bankers throwing fits like the toddlers they are so they can suck on the federal tit.