Is Ukraine a broken state desperately begging the West for scraps? That’s what the narrative has been for months. But President Volodymyr Zelenskyy just proved something far more interesting: Kyiv has assets. Real ones. And it knows exactly how to monetise them. Starting Thursday, March 26, Ukraine embarked on a whirlwind tour across the Gulf, signing defense cooperation agreements with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE in consecutive days. These weren’t charity visits. This was Ukraine cashing