NFR Ukraine...Little Did I Know

[Old406Kid]

My daughter lives and works in Berlin. A coworker from Ukraine sent these interesting facts to her.
This is meant to be informative and not to start a pissing match.

A coworker of mine shared this today - they're from Ukraine.

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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.

Ukraine is also an important industrialised 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 defence industry products;
10th largest steel producer in the world (32.4 million tons).

 

[Mossback]

Ukraine is the breadbasket of Europe, has been for centuries.
Kasha Varnishkes...an old Ukrainian dish that I used to eat.

 

[jaredoconnor]

Piece keeping, not peacekeeping.

USA did it in Iraq.
Australia did it in East Timor.
UK did it... basically everywhere.

This won't be the last time, but we will all continue to act surprised.

 

[bennysbuddy]

fairly obvious why Russia wants the Ukraine , So here we go again . Some people can never just let it be !

 

[Old406Kid]

fairly obvious why Russia wants the Ukraine , So here we go again . Some people can never just let it be !

I wonder how Russia would fare out on those same stats?

 

[DimeBrite]

Fucking Putin, nothing changes.

 

[Nick Clayton]

Those nighttime Webcam shots of explosions on the horizon always get to me. I cant help but think how scary that must be to be watching first hand.

I dont know much about Ukraine but somewhere right now there's probably a man my age, with a wife and kid, maybe he loves to fish, who is watching this unfold out of his window and is scared out of his mind.

Humans just can't stop killing other humans.

 

[Billy]

Those nighttime Webcam shots of explosions on the horizon always get to me. I cant help but think how scary that must be to be watching first hand.

I dont know much about Ukraine but somewhere right now there's probably a man my age, with a wife and kid, maybe he loves to fish, who is watching this unfold out of his window and is scared out of his mind.

Humans just can't stop killing other humans.

I like to ask my patients over 90 about ww2. One British lady said they could tell by the click (sound) of the bomb doors on the planes overhead whether they needed to run to the shelter or not

 

[TicTokCroc]

I do a festival every summer thats main purpose is to raise money for charity in Ukraine and a few other places. Wonder how thats affecting things this year.

 

[cody-]

Vibes of 39

 

[bennysbuddy]

The big unknown is what's China going to do, Invade Taiwan or stand down , all powers involved have nukes a problem we didn't face in Iraq or Afghanistan .

 

[cody-]

The big unknown is what's China going to do, Invade Taiwan or stand down , all powers involved have nukes a problem we didn't face in Iraq or Afghanistan .

I think China waits to see who jumps to Ukraine's aid (unfortunately, "who" can also be an "if"). On the other hand, I think the US jumps to Taiwan's aid more readily than Ukraine's due to a less formal defense pact than NATO, which obviously Ukraine is not a part of.

Hoping to see Finland join NATO soon been a long time due... Let's see those 64 F-35's they ordered streaking over Moscow.

 

[bennysbuddy]

I wonder how Russia would fare out on those same stats?

valid point ,That would be some interesting data

 

[RCF]

I just listened to the Ukrainian Ambassador to the UN at the UN ask for Russia to be removed from the UN Security Council and General Assembly. A very well spoken, heartfelt as well as passionate speech. Unfortunately the current head of the UN Security, which rotates monthly, is the Russian Ambassador. Sheesh...

 

[cody-]

Likely voyaging too far into politics for this site's liking, but I'm intrigued by the Ukrainian ambassador's speech to the UN security council... Why should the Russian Federation alone by the sole inheritor to the USSR permanent UNSC seat? Ukraine was the second largest portion of the former USSR. They were a nuclear power until giving them (and all HEU) to Russia as a part of the Budapest Memorandum, which supposedly guaranteed that several former USSR "satellite states" would remain sovereign and independent for deproliferating.

 

[RCF]

I worded my post carefully to avoid politics. Not easy to do either...

 

[bennysbuddy]

Likely voyaging too far into politics for this site's liking, but I'm intrigued by the Ukrainian ambassador's speech to the UN security council... Why should the Russian Federation alone by the sole inheritor to the USSR permanent UNSC seat? Ukraine was the second largest portion of the former USSR. They were a nuclear power until giving them (and all HEU) to Russia as a part of the Budapest Memorandum, which supposedly guaranteed that several former USSR "satellite states" would remain sovereign and independent for deproliferating.

Seems like there was a long term plan , if so quite cunning politics.

 

[cody-]

Damn, sure would be a shame if Lithuanian and Polish troops got lost on a training exercise and accidentally liberated the independent region of Königsberg...

 

[jaredoconnor]

I believe the mods are OK with political topics, as long as people don't act like assholes and resort to personal attacks etc.

 

[cody-]

I worded my post carefully to avoid politics. Not easy to do either...

I'm personally at the point where if publicly recognizing the sovereignty of sovereign nations on a regional fly fishing forum is "political" then I'll stick to collecting my regional fly fishing advice from lurking and not posting.