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Reasons of Russia-Ukraine War

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First, starting with the

PRETEXT

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1Demographics of Ukraine/Crimea

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Ukraine, and particularly the Crimean Peninsula, has large Russian populations that Vladimir Putin claims to be protecting.

“I reiterate, we are talking about protecting our citizens and compatriots, about protecting the most fundamental human right – the right to live and nothing more.”

- Russian foreign minister

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So, now the REAL REASONS(((:

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2Geography of the Crimean Peninsula

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Russia views the

Crimean Peninsula Crim

ean

Peninsula

as strategically important.

Russia’s only WARM WATER NAVAL BASE is in Sevastopol.

And Crimea serves as a CHOKE POINT of the Sea of Azoz.

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3Location of Ukraine

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UKRAINE IS

BETWEEN RUSSIA

AND EUROPE

RUSSIA

EUROPE

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And HERE ARE TH

E

NATURAL GAS

PIPELINES FLO

WIN

G

FROM

RUSSIA TO

EUROPE…

Of the roughly 160 billion cubic meters of natural gas that Russia sold to Europe last year, which equated to a quarter of European demand, roughly half traveled through Ukrainian pipelines.

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4NaturalResources

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Actually; petroleum, gas, coal, whatever you are thinking are in Ukraine

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is so confident of prospects in the unexplored Black Sea that it was planning to spend $735 million to drill just two deep-water wells off Ukraine’s coast.

At present, the Black Sea is one of the last frontiers in the oil and natural gas industries. At present, there are fewer than 100 wells drilled, compared with more than 7,000 in the North Sea.

( ExxonMobil is the one of the imprtant American petroleum company in the World )

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5AgriculturalResources

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Ukraine is considered theBREADBASKET OF EUROPE

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30%According to Wikipedia, Ukraine possess 30% of the world’s black soil.

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6Military

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1) As I’ve already noted, the Crimean Peninsula is a critically important for Russia’s navy.

2) Its Black Sea naval fleet is headquartered there, and the peninsula controls entry to and egress from the Sea of Azoz.3) To make matters worse

for Russia, the majority of the Black Sea coastline is held by NATO allies -- that is, Russia’s geopolitical adversaries.

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It worked before…7

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Russia wants to do the same thing with Georgia (2008) to UKRAINE

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8 No consequence

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At present, there is no certain consequence

There are some agreements about giving some extra ambargos to RUSSIA

Not every European or non-European countries are thinking the same like countries which are neighbours of Russia or Ukraine.

Again people are dying because of power or natural resources and they will keep dying…