By $ 12.4 trillion: the Russian Federation seized a large number of deposits in Ukraine (photo)

About it writes the American edition of The Washington Post, citing an analysis conducted by a Canadian company on Secdev geopolitical risks. If Russia manages to annex the enthusiastic regions of Ukraine, then Kyiv will lose access to almost two -thirds of coal deposits. In addition, our country can lose many other stocks: natural gas, oil and rare earth minerals that are required for some high -tech components.

This can complicate the search for Western Europe alternatives to imports from Russia and China. "The worst scenario is that Ukraine will lose land, cease to have a strong raw material economy and will be more like one of the Baltic countries - a country that is not capable of supporting its industrial economy," said Stanislav Zinchenko, executive director of the Economic Recovery Center.

In Ukraine, 117 and 120 main types of minerals and metals are concentrated, and it is also a major source of fossil fuel. The SECDEV analysis shows that under the control of Russian troops are fossil deposits worth $ 12. 4 trillion. Moscow controls: according to SECDEV and the heads of the Ukrainian mining and metallurgical industry, the Russian army seized 41 coal deposits, 27 natural gas fields, 14 propane deposits, 9 oil fields.

Also under the control of the Russians are 6 deposits of iron, 2 titanium ore deposits, 2 zirconium ore deposits, one deposit of strontium, lithium, uranium, gold and a significant quarry for limestone production, which was previously used for the production of steel in Ukraine. We will remind, on July 5 the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmigal said that according to the results of 2022 the GDP of Ukraine will be reduced by 35%.