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Originally Posted by DJ_Critterus
Russia wants all of ukraine because of at least four reasons.
1. Deep water ports on the arctic ocean
2. Nuke capabilities (power generation)
3. Fossil Fuel production
4. Ukraine was the Soviet bread basket where most of their grain was farmed and they don't want to rely on imports.
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They already had Crimea....got it during the O6ama regime. No problem. They already had that sweet, sweet, deepwater submarine port. I doubt they need any more nukes......Hillary sold them all the raw materials they needed, and IIRC, the Trump rUsSiAn CuHlOoZiUn special counsel Mueller actually hand delivered samples of the merchandise before the sale was consumated.
As to the farmland, yeah, that's a definite strategic asset, but I'm sure Russia would have settled for just the eastern provinces populated by ethnic Russians, and a guarantee Ukraine wouldn't join NATO. They legitimately need a buffer between themselves and NATO....like Belarus is. I can also see the benefits to controlling Ukraine for present and future pipelines. As Germany and the rest of Europe are finding out, it's hard to maintain that first world lifestyle without natural gas, and Russia's got plenty.
Having said that, I bet fracking would yield plenty of natural gas in Europe, but they refuse to do it, rather, experiment with suicidal "green new deal" bullshit that has proven to be a failure there.