Russia Is Racing to Grab Natural Resources in Ukraine

Moscow’s newer strategy in occupied Ukraine is all about natural resources, including uranium, lithium, and coal, and its shifting of troops and target areas reflects this mineral grab that shows Washington’s decades-long lack of foresight.  While natural resources did not appear to be forming Moscow’s initial strategy, back in 2022, at the start of its invasion of Ukraine, it took the first step towards this by occupying the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. Ukraine resumed control of that plant about a month later, but only…