#StarveForUkraine
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I see you guys also still can't comprehend how Ukraine is (was) one of the few countries literally feeding the world. (America is another.)
The thread is about the remnants of the last year's harvests (20 million tonnes of grain that can't be exported), but this year the sowing was already extremely severely disrupted, and so will be the harvests. The next year will be worse.
They're also razing and pillaging agricultural infrastructure:
https://observers.france24.com/en/europe/20220506-russian-attacks-on-farms-and-silos-deliberately-trying-to-destroy-the-ukrainian-economy
How would comprehending that change my opinion on it being part of Russia?
Russia could blackmail the world at will.
You mean exactly like the US is doing now?
No, America right now is rescuing the (third) world from Russian efforts to use global starvation as a tool in local war.
Do you have any more info on the importance of the Ukraine?
Once of other things is 90% of neon gas used in the manufacturing of American semiconductors (scarcity crisis right now).
And 50% of global.
Third largest global exporter of steel.
The foruth or fifth largest arms industry.
Etc.