Dmitry Medvedev laid out the reasons behind Russia’s ruthless tactics in seizing Donbas, even if it means levelling cities and sacrificing hundreds of thousands lives. According to him, Donbas holds mineral resources valued at $7.3 trillion.

https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1829434941609828460

by Independent_Lie_9982

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  1. 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 important 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.

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    Ukraine is an important industrialized country:

    1st in Europe in ammonia production;

    Europe’s 2nd’s and the world’s 4th largest natural gas pipeline system;

    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).

  2. And someone still believes that this was all about saving “discriminated” rusians there. Lol

  4. Ha! Don’t dare to threaten to use nukes or destroy Washington, London, Paris, Berlin?

  5. For the fuck’s sake. Why the hell NATO has not kicked this Ruskie fucks out of Donbas yet? EU needs access to this resources. If let to Ruskies it is gonna help them to get stronger!

  6. The vast amount of resources is THE main reason of the invasion. All the rest that pootsie says is just storytelling.

  7. Please dont think of this as “omg secret truth revealed”. 

    The socioeconomic motivs of this war are marginal. It was startet because of the kremlins weird perspective on Regime security and historical pathologies.

    This is about as credible as his regular nuclear rants. Medwedew is just doing his job of being the loony in this administration, so Putin seems more professional.

  8. This isn’t news… it was always the reason. All wars are resource wars.

  9. Oh, so Russian greed. Wait until China hears about Russia’s reaources. Guess it’s ok to take what you want now.

  10. Finally, the truth about russias invasion comes out. This was never about nazis in kyiv or protecting russian speakers. It’s all about greed which we knew but now they have admitted it.

  11. This is the number 1 reason this war is being fought.

  12. Well… they need to give a reason with at least some level of credibility. I think Russia will have serious difficulties exploiting the mineral resources on its own territory.

  13. nope, this is not it. it’s what kremlin wants to sell to russians , since all other reasons are too dumb and slowly stopped working even inside russia.

    remember: Russia already has lots and lots of minerals already, and it’s mining capability is certainly not maxed out. the bottleneck is on the selling side, which the war only hurts. as the time goes by, the world adapts to russia being slowly excluded from supply chains, and there will be be no going back.

  14. That whole strip from Donbas to Odesa that the Z’s are holding is rich with resources.

  15. It was always about the money, Ruzzia is a parasite country, and its broke – again…

  16. Sunrises in east, sets in west, and all wars are inherently resource wars.

  17. So basically greed for resources.

    Greed.

    And the Russian people still the war is necessary..

    I hate humanity for these very reasons.

  18. It’s directed at the oligarchs who are slowly getting a bit nervous about what the Putin mafia has dragged them into.

  19. 7.3 trillion….putin has already spent 2 trillion of it on wages and equipment losses. Not a good deal Vlad…

  20. Now, maybe the USA will take note and stop f-ing around and give the Ukraine what it needs.

  21. And this… This is why Musk’s nose is up Putin’s ass.

  22. And now we know why Musk is a ruZZian brown nose too.
    Hint: EV batteries vs lithium

  23. Well, I can believe this. Wars mostly were waged for resources. At least he stopped bullshitting with the „our people” rhetoric.

  24. In the end, the answer is always “follow the money.”

  25. Oops. This little slip-up may lead him to “slip” out a window. Fingers 🤞!

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