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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.
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]
The company provides waste collection system, under which the waste is sorted and sent for recycling. [1] Ukraine produces approximately 13 million tonnes of solid waste. Of this, more than 4 million tonnes consists of used packaging materials, which together with the other solid waste, are buried at the 4,469 landfills and waste dumps. Ukraine ...
Significant natural resources in Ukraine include lithium, [4] natural gas, [5] kaolin, [5] timber, [6] and an abundance of arable land. Despite this, the country faces a number of major environmental issues such as inadequate supplies of potable water, air and water pollution , deforestation , and radioactive contamination in the north-east ...
"Ukraine's water infrastructure, from dams to water treatment and wastewater systems, has been extensively targeted by Russia," Gleick wrote in an email. International law, he noted, makes ...
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]
Ukraine has been expending ammunition at a rate of more than 200,000 rounds per month, according to Jack Watling, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute think tank in London.
Ukraine's agricultural sector producing large amounts of organic waste, potentially has the resources for biogas generation, which is able to replace the 2.6 billion m3 of NG per year. With the further development of agriculture and the wide use of green material ( silage , grass), this potential can be extended according to various estimates ...