Decomposed > Russia already has staggering resources. It doesn't need Ukraine for that. It needs it for the physical barrier it creates against NATO military bases.
Back when the USSR was still the USSR . . . a LOT of the Russian Defense industries were located in Ukraine's Crimea. Ship building, marine diesel engines, and a number of other defense related industries were in Ukraine. After the USSR broke apart those manufacturies were Ukrainian.
One of the reasons the Crimea was one of the regions russia 'stole' from UKraine in 2014 was to re-acquire those industries.
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http://carnegieendowment.org › 2014 › 07 › 30 › saving-ukraine-s-defense-industry-pub-56282
Saving Ukraine's Defense Industry | Carnegie Endowment for ...
When the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, Ukraine was left with about 30 percent of the Soviet defense industry on its territory, including about 750 factories and 140 scientific and technical institutions. At the time of the breakup of the Soviet Union, these institutions employed over 1 million people. In the early
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Yes. Russia has staggering natural resources. But a lot of those are in Siberia - difficult to get at.
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