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Piotr Makowiecki

🇺🇦 I wanted to share for anyone wondering what all the fuss is about.

🇺🇦 This invasion is a HUGE deal and will have worldwide repercussions.

🇺🇦 For those who ask: “Why does Ukraine matter?”

🇺🇦 This is why Ukraine matters: It is the second-largest country Europe by area and has a population of over 40 million, more than my homeland, Poland.

🇺🇦 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 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).

🇺🇦 Ukraine matters! That is why its independence is important to the rest of the world!

🇺🇦 Praying for the people of Ukraine and it’s land.

🙏🇺🇦 #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine

Ivar the Boneless (The Last Act)

“The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Matthew 26:41 

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

So true.... 😊

“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”

— Unknown