Whenever I see any news about Ukraine I expect to see news from Russia attacking this country, these days. But the intreating thing about this case is Russia is trying to legalize bitcoin and the news was officially out a few days ago but right now and just a few days after that we hear Ukraine doing the exact same thing which is a bit odd because these two countries are not that much friendly together. Or maybe Ukraine is doing this because they are expecting to have a war with Russia soon.
I think Russia and Ukraine legalizing bitcoin simply maybe they want to reduce their dependence on the dollar and they see the potential bitcoin. In history, Ukraine was once part of the Russian Soviet Union. No country wants war, if who wants the war to happen it's the US government.
"The bigger the risk, the bigger the reward." This belief is what makes Ukraine to legalize bitcoin knowing there is bigger potentials in it and since bitcoin creates more opportunities to make a country more developed and progressive. Also, the pressure that was built into Ukraine by Russia made their official currency dropped a significant amount, that made them think to adopt bitcoin. That way, bitcoin investors can help Ukraine to save it from its down economy. Source:https://interestingengineering.com/ukraine-bitcoin-law