Titanium... US weakness in Ukraine

Washington-SANA

The United States of America seeks to achieve its goals in Ukraine, after it ignited the fuse of the crisis in it, it pushed its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) towards direct confrontation with Russia, achieving large investments and profits through American arms companies, and added to all this desperate efforts to control the stock of titanium metal in Ukraine. Ukraine to complete the circle of ambitions.

The American Newsweek magazine revealed that one of the main reasons why Washington is exerting great and cheap efforts to support the regime in Kyiv is not the “defense of freedoms” as it promotes through glamorous propaganda campaigns, but rather it is seeking to get hold of the titanium reserves in Ukraine, as it and its allies aim to identify and invest Harnessing the vast resources of the metal that plays the crucial role in developing the most advanced and sophisticated Western military technology.

The magazine indicated that the US Department of the Interior classified titanium as one of the 35 important and vital metals for the economic and national security of the United States, which still imports more than 90 percent of its ores.

A well-informed source, who declined to be identified, told NEWSWEEK: Given that “there is a growing debate in the West about whether there is a reason why it is in our interest to continue supporting Ukraine, I think this is one of the arguments that we will start to hear a lot in the later period,” describing titanium as “the main weakness.” For Washington in Ukraine.

The source explained that this matter is related to America's ability to produce more aircraft and ammunition, and all of that depends on titanium, as the United States relies on foreign suppliers, and Russia was previously one of these main suppliers.

Ukraine is one of seven countries that produce titanium metals, which are the basis of this metal. Washington, for its part, no longer possesses such metals in its defense stocks, according to Newsweek magazine. Its last domestic product was closed in 2020, and the titanium produced by Russia has not yet been subject to sanctions. West because of the dependence of Washington and its partners on it.

The American Wall Street Journal had previously indicated that the European Union had rejected a proposal to impose sanctions on the Russian company (Vsimpo Avisma), amid objections from France and several other countries due to their fears that Russia would stop exporting titanium to the European Union.

Titanium plays a very important role in the aircraft industry and in the medical industry, as well as in the manufacture of computers and others, due to its light weight, durability and corrosion resistance.

Basma Kannon

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