40-50% of all exports of neon come from Russia & Ukraine. Neon = byproduct of steel manufacturing which is critical for chip manufacturing. When Russia entered eastern Ukraine in 2014, price of neon jumped 600 % disrupting the semiconductor industry
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In 1994 Barry Posen devised a defense strategy for a newly independent Ukraine which envisioned a Manstein-styel flexible defense v.
In 1994 Barry Posen devised a defense strategy for a newly independent Ukraine which envisioned a Manstein-styel flexible defense v. Russian attack. See Chartbook Newsletter