Israeli society has negative attitudes toward Ukraine… They are strongly favor Russia due to their historic connection. Most Jews who left USSR even if they were from Ukraine always associated with Russian identity, never Ukrainian, since they were educated within Russian systems. They view Ukrainians similar how Russians do.
So he is talking out of his ass and he is Jewish. He must know this history himself.
Natural resources, industrial base, geography…
But really a large educated population that theoretically could be easily integerated back in to the russian system
I think easy integration is now kinda done, too much bad blood.
Hence why geopolitics analyst keep repeating Russia already lost since they wont get Ukraine in condition they it need it.