Thought for the day :"On my first day as a delivery driver for Mr Kipling I had to do an emergency stop! Fortunately the lorry had exceedingly good brakes..."
Day two of the Russian invasion of Ukraine today and the news is getting worse - a full scale invasion - but we really did not expect anything less...
Some information for posterity ...
This is why Ukraine matters.
It is the largest country by area in Europe, and has a population of over 40 million.
Ukraine ranks
:
:1st in Europe in proven recoverable reserves of uranium ores;
2nd place in Europe and 10th place in the world in terms of titanium ore reserves;
2nd place in the world in terms of explored reserves of manganese ores (2.3 billion tons, or 12% of the world's reserves);
2nd largest iron ore reserves in the world (30 billion tons);
2nd place in Europe in terms of mercury ore reserves;
3rd place in Europe (13th place in the world) in shale gas reserves (22 trillion cubic meters)
4th in the world by the total value of natural resources;
7th place in the world in coal reserves (33.9 billion tons)
Ukraine is an important agricultural country
:
:1st in Europe in terms of arable land area;
3rd place in the world by the area of black soil (25% of world's volume);
1st place in the world in exports of sunflower and sunflower oil;
2nd place in the world in barley production and 4th place in barley exports;
3rd largest producer and 4th largest exporter of corn in the world;
4th largest producer of potatoes in the world;
5th largest rye producer in the world;
5th place in the world in bee production (75,000 tons);
8th place in the world in wheat exports;
9th place in the world in the production of chicken eggs;
16th place in the world in cheese exports.
Ukraine can meet the food needs of 600 million people.
Ukraine is an important industrialised country
:
:1st in Europe in ammonia production;
Europe's 2nd’s and the world’s 4th largest natural gas pipeline system;
3rd largest in Europe and 8th largest in the world in terms of installed capacity of nuclear power plants;
3rd place in Europe and 11th in the world in terms of rail network length (21,700 km);
3rd place in the world (after the U.S. and France) in production of locators and locating equipment;
3rd largest iron exporter in the world
4th largest exporter of turbines for nuclear power plants in the world;
4th world's largest manufacturer of rocket launchers;
4th place in the world in clay exports
4th place in the world in titanium exports
8th place in the world in exports of ores and concentrates;
9th place in the world in exports of defence industry products;
10th largest steel producer in the world (32.4 million tons).
Ukraine matters 
. That is why its independence is important to the rest of the world.
. That is why its independence is important to the rest of the world.Somber thoughts ...
In other news ...
Weather good for a change and quite bright ..
Extra BT Mesh arrived and installed int he bedroom which provides a good signal out to the tavern.
Getting 20MB download which is pretty good and 7-8MB upload which is as good as in the house.
Should be able to stream with those figures - another step forward.
Took a long walk with the dogs today and got completely lost in the fields but managed to power through the brambles to find the river and get back on track - dogs seemed to enjoy ...
Susie cleared her strawberry beds and put up the bits of Bertha that will form the base for her waist height strawberry beds this year - ordered the grow bags on line so I have to break some more pallets to provide the base for the beds...
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