The best response to this is in comparing Georgia and Ukraine. The average age of a member of the government in Georgia is 30, while the average age in Ukraine is 60. This means that the Brezhnev generation is in government in Ukraine. The generation in government in Georgia is a generation whose members were all trained and educated in the west. They all speak English, from the president down.
The consequences of that are profound. Georgia today has one of the lowest levels of corruption in the world, on a par with those of Canada, the U.S., and many western European countries, if you go to Transparency International, for example--and in other areas, such as rule of law, as well. So generation, language, and education are key. Bringing young Ukrainians to Canada, to America, and to western Europe is absolutely important, because hopefully one day they will be in power.