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A little over £6 trillion of Ukraine’s mineral resources, which is around 53 per cent of the country’s total, are contained in the four regions Mr Putin illegally annexed in September 2022 ...
Ukraine's reserves of graphite, a key component in electric vehicle batteries and nuclear reactors, represent 20% of global resources. The deposits are in the centre and west of the country.
In the early 2010s, Ukraine was noted as possessing many of the components of a major European economy, such as rich farmlands, [32] [33] a well-developed industrial base, highly trained labour, and a good education system. [34] It also has important mineral resources. [35] In October 2013, the Ukrainian economy lapsed into a recession. [36]
As much as two-thirds of the country's surface land consists of black earth, a resource that has made Ukraine one of the most fertile regions in the world and well known as a "breadbasket". [12] These soils may be divided into three broad groups: in the north, a belt of deep chernozems, about 1.5 metres (5 feet) thick and rich in humus
The geology of Ukraine is the regional study of rocks, minerals, tectonics, natural resources and groundwater in Ukraine. The oldest rocks in the region are part of the Ukrainian Shield and formed more than 2.5 billion years ago in the Archean eon of the Precambrian .
While Ukraine and Russia share common historical origins, the west of the country has closer ties with its European neighbours, particularly Poland, and nationalist sentiment has been strongest there.
The Russia–Ukraine conflict has had a profound impact on water resources and water infrastructure. [65] Rivers and water bodies are strategically important objects. The Dnieper, Donets, and Irpin serve as natural defences. The Black Sea also became a theatre of war.
Ukraine accounted for 10% of global wheat exports. [125] At the time of the invasion, Ukraine was the fourth-largest exporter of corn and wheat, and the world's largest exporter of sunflower oil, with Russia and Ukraine together responsible for 27% of the world's wheat exports and 53% of the world's sunflowers and seeds. [126]