Ukraine / Russia ‘Taking Control Of Natural Resources’, Including Uranium

Kyiv had been planning to increase production to supply nuclear plants
Russia ‘Taking Control Of Natural Resources’, Including Uranium
Ukraine has 15 commercial nclear power reactors including two at Khmelnitski. Courtesy Energoatom.
Russia now controls at least $12.4 trillion (€12 trillion) worth of Ukraine’s key natural resources, including energy and mineral deposits and uranium that could be used for nuclear fuel, according to an analysis for The Washington Post by SecDev.

Based on SecDev’s review of 2,209 deposits, Moscow controls 63% of Ukraine’s coal, 11% of its oil, 20% of its natural gas, 42% of its metals, and 33% of its rare earths, including key minerals like lithium.

Using a tally from SecDev and Ukrainian industry, the Washington Post reported that Russia has seized 41 coal fields, 27 natural gas sites, 14 propane sites, nine oil fields, six iron ore deposits, as well as several sites for uranium, titanium, zirconium, strontium, lithium and gold.

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