The ripple effects of Russia's war in Ukraine are changing the world--w/great Graphics

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The ripple effects of Russia's war in Ukraine are changing the world
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/10/1093066817/ukraine-war-gas-prices-refugees?utm_source=pocket-newtab




May 10, 20225:01 AM ET




Alina Selyukh
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Alyson Hurt
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Connie Hanzhang Jin
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Nick Underwood

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Far from Russia's war in Ukraine, stores are running out of cooking oil, people are paying more at the gas pump, farmers are scrambling to buy fertilizer and nations are rethinking alliances.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has triggered seismic repercussions: a fast-moving refugee crisis, unprecedented sanctions against a major economy and a shakeup of global relationships, including a reinvigorated NATO. Below, we zoom in on some of the ways the world has changed since the war began on Feb. 24.

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Ukraine and Russia are key exporters of wheat, barley, corn and cooking oil, particularly for African and Middle Eastern countries. Russia is also a major producer of fertilizer and petroleum. Disruptions to the flow of these goods are compounding other supply chain and climate challenges, driving up food and gas prices, causing shortages and pushing millions of people into hunger.

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More than 5.8 million people have fled Ukraine in one of the fastest-growing refugee crises in recent history. Humanitarian groups, with resources already strained by crises elsewhere, have sprung into action. The U.N. refugee agency has projected that some 8.3 million people might leave Ukraine and called for more financial support for refugees and host countries as both face challenges with access to food, housing, transportation, education and money. ...........................................................

[mitch96]

1. Just the wheat shortage is gonna cause a big problem...nt

[Bucky]

2. Almost 6 million refugees out of a population of 44 million

Kind of hard to wrap my head around that degree of population displacement

[mitch96]

4. OnE of the MSM talking heads made an analogy about the assembled troops on the May 9th parade

He mentioned that the troops you are seeing in Red square are the same amount of troops killed in Ukraine...give or take a few thousand Sorta puts into perspective.. ...uff
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"Some 11,000 service members assembled in Moscow's Red Square and were greeted as the parade began by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu".

[Bucky]

5. Putin and Gerasimov are just throwing those boys into a meat grinder

Apparently there are thousands of Russian POWs they don't want to repatriate and thousands more of dead Russian bodies in Ukrainian morgues they don't want to bring home cause it will lead to their people understanding the true cost of this pointless war.

And so more must die to protect the lie.

[mitch96]

6. Rumor has it that Gerasimov has been suspended.........

Oleksiy Arestovych, a veteran of Ukraine's military intelligence and one of President Zelensky's inner circle, suggested Wednesday that General Gerasimov had been suspended. He was the top banana who was gonna shake things up... until he took some shrapnel in his butt and had to go home... banana split?

Lets see if this story is true or just wishful thinking..
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