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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFinally found why Putin wants to have all the Ukraine.
Ukraine has enormous oil and gas fields,one by Crimea is ginormous, but Zelenskyy lacks resources to adequately tap them.
Plus, Crimea gets its water from Ukraine river,and when Putin invaded, Zelenskyy damned up the river to Crimea.
Russia gets half its money from selling gas and oil, Ukraine could become a huge seller if it were developed.
Now the big oil companies have pulled out, and Nordstream pipeline has been blocked.
Obviously the oil companies are anxious to help Zelenskyy make boatloads of money for his country. And he IS a rich business man,after all.
Lots of reasons given for the invasion,but nothing clicks like fuel and water wars.
In video, here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=If61baWF4GE
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)while I was follo wingthe gas/oil trail.
Gotta go back and take a closer look....thanks!!
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Putin wants a stranglehold on it to make the world grovel.
This is, no doubt, why the international IT community is offering $47k to Russian soldiers who have not committed war crimes to surrender.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)That is huge.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Fkrs!
elleng
(130,903 posts)1st in Europe in proven recoverable reserves of uranium ores;
2nd place in Europe and 10th place in the world in terms of titanium ore reserves;
2nd place in the world in terms of explored reserves of manganese ores (2.3 billion tons, or 12% of the world's reserves);
2nd largest iron ore reserves in the world (30 billion tons);
2nd place in Europe in terms of mercury ore reserves;
3rd place in Europe (13th place in the world) in shale gas reserves (22 trillion cubic meters)
4th in the world by the total value of natural resources;
7th place in the world in coal reserves (33.9 billion tons)
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https://www.democraticunderground.com/111692499
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)He's a has been dictator of a has been country where the population is falling every year, where he is reliant on half his income from a nowunstable source, and only trump like him.
Guy is d pushing 70, too.
We should send him some sad trombone cards.
HighFired49
(349 posts)Ukraine produced 25% of all agricultural output in the former Soviet Union.
RussBLib
(9,008 posts)it's a "gold" mine