JohnDB
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Ukraine usually is either #1 or #2 in the world for sunflower seed production....also a significant portion of Oats. Wheat has never been one of that country's strong suites but it does produce enough domestically to export some and fulfill its own needs.
Ukraine was also known for cheap uranium for feeding European nuclear reactors. There was an expose on how the radon gas was giving the miners cancer because of the low safety protocols.
But Ukraine also had a tech side too....it was THE place to build solid fuel rockets. (Which have been destroyed in the fighting) Which later developed into most of the rockets used by Russia....(can't take over the world without missiles and rockets)
Then there's the sea ports....Sevastopol has been viewed as the home of the Soviet Union's Navy. (Not Russia's)
Turkey still controls the coming and goings of Sevastopol because they can't get past through the straights without Turkey's approval....ever.
So....
If Russia loses Crimea it is a major political problem for Putin PERSONALLY....not anything else. And Putin has decided his reputation and need for power is more important than the hundreds of thousands of lives that he has destroyed.
Which is why the WHOLE WORLD has risen up against him.
Putin wants Belarus, Moldova, Poland, Turkey, Slovakia, and more....no doubt about it.
What's worse is PRChina....they are more than willing to support Putin towards Russia's destruction. It is their goal, it has been China's goal for 60+ years now. Because with Russia gone there is nothing to stop their plans of world domination. (The only other big kid on the block) with Russia out of the way and the US weakened to the point of being easily overrun....nothing else will really stop them.
So....in truth Russia needs to stop and withdraw not simply because it is wrong to manufacture the reasons to invade Ukraine. (Which they created themselves by pumping civillians, politically driven Russians into Ukraine)
But because the whole world is against them....they will be isolated and destroyed and then will no longer exist. And that is not a good thing.
Ukraine was also known for cheap uranium for feeding European nuclear reactors. There was an expose on how the radon gas was giving the miners cancer because of the low safety protocols.
But Ukraine also had a tech side too....it was THE place to build solid fuel rockets. (Which have been destroyed in the fighting) Which later developed into most of the rockets used by Russia....(can't take over the world without missiles and rockets)
Then there's the sea ports....Sevastopol has been viewed as the home of the Soviet Union's Navy. (Not Russia's)
Turkey still controls the coming and goings of Sevastopol because they can't get past through the straights without Turkey's approval....ever.
So....
If Russia loses Crimea it is a major political problem for Putin PERSONALLY....not anything else. And Putin has decided his reputation and need for power is more important than the hundreds of thousands of lives that he has destroyed.
Which is why the WHOLE WORLD has risen up against him.
Putin wants Belarus, Moldova, Poland, Turkey, Slovakia, and more....no doubt about it.
What's worse is PRChina....they are more than willing to support Putin towards Russia's destruction. It is their goal, it has been China's goal for 60+ years now. Because with Russia gone there is nothing to stop their plans of world domination. (The only other big kid on the block) with Russia out of the way and the US weakened to the point of being easily overrun....nothing else will really stop them.
So....in truth Russia needs to stop and withdraw not simply because it is wrong to manufacture the reasons to invade Ukraine. (Which they created themselves by pumping civillians, politically driven Russians into Ukraine)
But because the whole world is against them....they will be isolated and destroyed and then will no longer exist. And that is not a good thing.