Why #Ukraine 🇺🇦 matters to #EU, #US, #UK, #Canada, the world thread 🧵↓

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This is #Ukraine 🇺🇦 pictured on top of a map of #Europe. It's the biggest European country, bigger than France. Donbass' territories occupied by Russia are as big as Switzerland.

What is happening now is not a small local conflict, but a hazard for the whole world.

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Why does #Ukraine 🇺🇦 matter?

✅ 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;

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Why does #Ukraine 🇺🇦 matter?

✅ 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);

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Why does #Ukraine 🇺🇦 matter?

✅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);

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Why does #Ukraine 🇺🇦 matter?

✅ 4ᵗʰ in the world by the total value of natural #resources;
✅ 7ᵗʰ place in the world in #coal reserves (33.9 billion tons);

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Why does #Ukraine 🇺🇦 matter?

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);

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Why does #Ukraine 🇺🇦 matter?

✅ 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;

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Why does #Ukraine 🇺🇦 matter?

✅ 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;

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Why does #Ukraine 🇺🇦 matter?

✅ 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!

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Ukraine is an industrialized country:

✅ 1ˢᵗ in Europe in #ammonia production;
✅ 2ⁿᵈ Europe's and 4ᵗʰ world's largest natural #gas #pipeline system in the world (142.5 bln cubic meters of gas throughput capacity in the #EU 🇪🇺);

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Why does #Ukraine 🇺🇦 matter?

✅ 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);

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Why does #Ukraine 🇺🇦 matter?

✅ 3ʳᵈ place in the world (after the #US 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;

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✅ 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;

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Why does #Ukraine 🇺🇦 matter?

✅ 9ᵗʰ place in the world in exports of #defense industry products;
✅ 10ᵗʰ largest #steel producer in the world (32.4 million tons).

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