Why does Ukraine matter?”

Ukraine is the largest European country, larger than France.

And the territories of Donbass occupied by Russia are the size of Switzerland.

Ukraine is:

1st place in Europe in terms of recoverable reserves of uranium ores;
2nd in Europe and 10th in the world in terms of titanium ore reserves;
2nd place in the world in terms of explored reserves of manganese ores;
2nd place in the world in terms of iron ore reserves;
2nd place in Europe in terms of mercury reserves;
3rd in Europe and 13th in the world in terms of shale gas reserves;
7th place in the world in terms of coal reserves;
4th place in the world in terms of the total cost of natural resources.

Ukraine can meet the food needs of 600 million people. She has:

1st place in Europe in terms of arable land;
3rd place in the world in terms of black soil area;
1st place in the world in the export of sunflower and sunflower oil;
2nd place in the world in the production of barley and 4th place in the export of barley;
3rd place in the world in production and 4th place in the world in the export of corn;
4th place in the world in potato production;
5th place in the world in rye production;
8th place in the world in wheat export;
9th place in the world in the production of chicken eggs;
16th in the world in cheese exports.

Ukraine is an industrialized country:

1st place in Europe in ammonia production;
2nd in Europe and 4th in the world natural gas pipeline system;
3rd place in Europe and 8th in the world in terms of installed NPP capacity;
3rd place in Europe and 11th in the world in terms of the length of the railway network;
3rd place in the world in iron export;
4th place in the world in the export of turbines for nuclear power plants;
4th place in the world in the production of rocket launchers;
4th place in the world in the export of clay;
4th place in the world in titanium export;
8th place in the world in terms of export of ores and concentrates;
9th place in the world in exports of defense industry products;
10th place in the world in steel production.

What is happening now is not a small local conflict. The war in Ukraine will damage the whole world.

Valentina Ivanenko.