[SeekAndFind]

RE: As regards to Russia, the enormity of the disaster and consequences that Putin’s monumentally stupid invasion of Ukraine has left Russian leaders themselves bewildered and stressed.

I think Putin is calculating. He wants Ukraine because of what he CAN CONTROL and he reckons a few tens of thousands deaths are worth the risk.

Ukraine ranks:

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)

Ukraine is an important agricultural country:

1st in Europe in terms of arable land area;
3rd place in the world by the area of black soil (25% of world’s volume);
1st place in the world in exports of sunflower and sunflower oil;
2nd place in the world in barley production and 4th place in barley exports;
3rd largest producer and 4th largest exporter of corn in the world;
4th largest producer of potatoes in the world;
5th largest rye producer in the world;
5th place in the world in bee production (75,000 tons);
8th place in the world in wheat exports;
9th place in the world in the production of chicken eggs;
16th place in the world in cheese exports.

Ukraine can meet the food needs of 600 million people.

Ukraine is an important industrialized country:

1st in Europe in ammonia production;
Europe’s 2nd’s and the world’s 4th largest natural gas pipeline system;
3rd largest in Europe and 8th largest in the world in terms of installed capacity of nuclear power plants;
3rd place in Europe and 11th in the world in terms of rail network length (21,700 km);
3rd place in the world (after the U.S. and France) in production of locators and locating equipment;
3rd largest iron exporter in the world
4th largest exporter of turbines for nuclear power plants in the world;
4th world’s largest manufacturer of rocket launchers;
4th place in the world in clay exports
4th place in the world in titanium exports
8th place in the world in exports of ores and concentrates;
9th place in the world in exports of defense industry products;
10th largest steel producer in the world (32.4 million tons).

THAT is what Putin wants — CONTROL of these resources.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Israel just needs to focus on its economy due to Covid. Militarily, for the time being nothing is going to happen however I would check any cargo ships docking in Egypt or any other Arab states which can funnel weapons to the Palis.

[The MAGA-Deplorian]

I don’t think so. I think this is a clean up operation. Ukraine also has 2 other things. The largest population of neo-NAZI’s in all of Europeand a lot of US Bio- Chemical plants that for some reason were main targets of the initial attack. So if Russia was eyeing Isreal, why talk about Ukraine dealing with Neo-NAZI’s? The people who are the most panicked for some reason is the commie left. Hillary, Schiff, Kerry, Pelosi, Biden. And all have corrupt ties to Ukraine. Maybe, just maybe, Putin is performing a cleanup operation of the deep state corruption there?

[BeauBo]

I heard a professor from the Tufts School also mention that the Ukraine also has a key role in the semiconductor supply chain, as the world’s biggest producer of neon gas (a natural resource, used in the lithography process).

[allendale]

Ukraine is quite a prize. The acquisition of wealth has throughout history has been the core motive for invasion and conquering of neighboring nations. Its important that your point should not be forgotten when analyzing this situation.