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>As far as I can see, that war is primarily about ideology, not natural resources. The area of Ukraine is and has been the Bread-Basket of Europe since pre-mod

>As far as I can see, that war is primarily about ideology, not natural resources. The area of Ukraine is and has been the Bread-Basket of Europe since pre-modernity and also is EXTREMELY strategic for logistics routes from the "East" to the "West" Which is why it has literally forever been disputed territory So yes the conflict is foundationally about food and logistics access https://www.farminglife.com/country-and-farming/why-is-ukraine-known-as-the-breadbasket-of-europe-heres-what-it-produces-and-exports-3584361 https://www.farminglife.com/country-and-farming/why-is-ukrai...

denton-scratch 3y ago
> and also is EXTREMELY strategic for logistics routes from the "East" to the "West" But Ukraine was serving Russia nicely as a logistics channel, until Russia started strangling its own channel by using oil and gas pipelines through Ukraine as a political lever. That behaviour long precedes 2014. If Ukraine was a vital logistics channel for Russia, why would they deliberately sabotage it? But they did this repeatedly, under cover of various transparent excuses. The "breadbasket" thing is irrelevant; it was not called "the breadbasket of Russia", because Russia didn't rely on Ukraine for food.