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					Originally Posted by  Got Stripers
					 
				 
				Wonder why Russia wants to invade. 
 
How the independent, sovereign, democratic 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 defence industry products; 
10th largest steel producer in the world (32.4 million tons). 
			
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 wow.  i wonder if they do a good job at managing all that, is it still a very poor country?
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