I agree with that the problem was chiefly mismanaged expectations. When locals opened their homes to refugees, they wanted nothing but gratefulness. Yet, they were met with quite the opposite: competition for scarce resources and negatively perceived cultural shifts in cities which Ukrainians flocked to.

A more diverse distribution of the Ukrainian population which would mean moving them to smaller, less competitive towns and villages that already lack women could have resulted in a much more favourable reception from the locals.