There is one of the biggest countries in Europe by territory with 41 mln population, where highly educated people (35,3 mln) are strongly motivated to work.

How the nation of 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 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 industrialized country:

1st in Europe in ammonia production;
2-е Europe's and 4th largest natural gas pipeline system in the world (142.5 bln cubic meters of gas throughput capacity in the EU);
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).

:-k

Forgot #2 in Europe for hacking.
Near the top in political corruption.

Need a proxy war of some sort pretty quickly. The defense companies have boom-blue balls.
A nice healthy release will be good for new order fulfillment and accompanying stock price.

Supplying the Saudis so they can go boom on the Houthis isn't satisfaction enough.

Don't forget about the number one exporter of barbers with coke nails.

Although I broke a lot of laws as a teenager, I straightened out immediately upon turning 18, when I realized the state had a legal right to execute me
- GC

I feel attacked that my initials are GC here.

Guilty conscience?

good catch

Don't ask questions you don't want me to answer.

😂

Goat Chaser

George Clooney

How is it possible to have a civil war?
- GC

“Why does Ukraine matter?

The current situation will show just how weak and indecisive the current administration is.

For what ever reason they are always two steps behind and that is a very kind assessment.

Ukraine? Like the Ukraine where Hunter Biden worked for Burisma? Sumsofbitches…

Yet we are not acting as the world police, finally.
We are not acting unilaterally.

Isn't that something cons have complained about?
Should he beat his chest and threaten force that we don't really want to use?
It can't be both ways.

The world, or at least the part that matters here, is in on all of this with us.

I'm for that and won't root against the outcome just to make someone look bad.


And I did not vote for Biden.

I can’t find almost anybody who voted for Biden.

I like it when a flower or a little tuft of grass grows through a crack in the concrete. It’s so f**kin’ heroic.
- GC

In some respects I’m more concerned about what’s going on in Canada than I am about the Ukraine.

We need more white people posturing up on our borders so we can be like the cool kids...

Actually, we can change it up... stick our illegal (er, I mean undocumented) aliens up on the north border and fast pass them to citizenship for keeping people out.

No polite white mother f*ckers getting across that border... like ever.

They run like rats off a sinking ship.