"They're sitting on 10 to $12 trillion of critical minerals in Ukraine. They could be the richest country in all of Europe... If we help Ukraine now, they can become the best business partner we ever dreamed of, that $10 to $12 trillion of critical mineral assets could be used by Ukraine and the West, not given to Putin and China," Graham stated.
I believe you are correct. Said from the beginning. Putin doesn’t give a hoot about “ethnic Russians” and certainly doesn’t give a damn about Ukrainians.
He wants to expand his empire, and he wants the natural resources that come with it
He takes Ukraine he controls a huge amount of the worlds grain supplies, gas in the Black Sea and mineral resources of Ukraine
May be the first thing you have posted that I agree with