I have enjoyed all the twitter accounts that proclaimed Russia would take Kyiv in 2 days are now switching to proclaiming this was the plan all along and the Kyiv attacks were just to occupy Ukraine's military while they take the true targets.
If that was their true plan - then the Russian leadership is dopier than anyone even thought.
I agree, but unfortunately the net effect may be the same...Ukrainian forces held up in Kyiv despite Russian 'withdrawals' and Russia attacking in the southeast with more forces and much better logistics and logistic security. Ignoring of course that they had the borscht kicked out of them so far won't be at their best.
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Ukrainians appear to all be made entirely of balls of steel, biologists will no doubt study this in the future, there is nowhere so important that I would think driving over anti tank mines would be worthwhile
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That's entirely a product of Soviet/Russian military top down doctrine where conscripts aren't even told their strategic objectives and also Putin's conservative disinformation campaign. He relies on dumbing down his people to keep them mostly compliant and susceptible to his propaganda. Its working well for him but with tragic results with these young conscripts.
Guess that's why Russian planners thought the 7 days to the river Rhine plan would work, conscripts wouldn't know they were going through a radioactive wasteland.
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Weeks after Russian soldiers took over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine, new reports reveal that the invading forces have engaged in reckless behavior at the facility beyond their initial shelling of it.
The Chernobyl power plant, which suffered a reactor meltdown in 1986 that left dangerously high radiation levels in the area, was the site of one of the first face-to-face confrontations in the Ukraine War. Russian forces won that battle, taking control of the reactors and raising concerns throughout Europe about their stewardship of them.
Recent reports show just how real those concerns were.
While the Russian army has occupied the Chernobyl plant, Ukrainian workers remain stationed there and overseeing the site’s safety protocols. Around 200 employees were still at Chernobyl as of March 7, according to the BBC, where they have continued carrying out duties despite limited food and medical supplies. Chernobyl workers are usually rotated out regularly, but since the Russian occupation employees have had to endure dangerous weeks-long shifts.
Two of these employees have reportedly witnessed instances of rash and dangerous conduct by the Russians, according to Reuters, with one source calling their behavior “suicidal.” Some soldiers had reportedly never heard about the disaster that some historians believe signaled the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union.
Shortly after the occupation started, Ukrainian officials warned that radiation levels at Chernobyl were rising due to a large number of heavy military machines disturbing the topsoil around the area. These reports have now been confirmed by employees working at Chernobyl around the time of the invasion who observed “a big convoy of military vehicles” driving straight through zones so contaminated with radiation that even trained safety workers at Chernobyl are not allowed to venture there.
Russian armored vehicles without radiation protection were seen driving through an area called the “Red Forest,” an area of woods four square miles in size surrounding the power plant. The area absorbed so much radiation from the Chernobyl explosion that its trees turned a gingery brown color, giving the forest its nickname. It is considered one of the world’s most radioactive places.
Ukrainians appear to all be made entirely of balls of steel, biologists will no doubt study this in the future, there is nowhere so important that I would think driving over anti tank mines would be worthwhile
If Russians had used the magnetic anti-tank mines, it woulda been unfortunate.
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MOD updates for the day. UK Intelligence suggests the pull back by the Russians in the north of Kyiv is just to redeploy forces to the east. Russians aren't leaving quietly near Kiev though with multiple examples of them shelling cities and mining roads as they leave. Ukrainians have started a second counter attack in the south and appear to have retaken areas west of Nikopol as part of a further effort to retake Kherson from the Russians. https://twitter.com/user/status/1509126542479302658 https://twitter.com/user/status/1509036026655911936
Ukrainians appear to all be made entirely of balls of steel, biologists will no doubt study this in the future, there is nowhere so important that I would think driving over anti tank mines would be worthwhile
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Ukrainians appear to all be made entirely of balls of steel, biologists will no doubt study this in the future, there is nowhere so important that I would think driving over anti tank mines would be worthwhile
If there's a Russian tank on your ass you probably try it.
The story about severe shortage of sugar in Saratov is correct and is widely available in Russian web. However, it does not paint a correct overall picture regarding current situation in Russia. There seems to be no shortage of anything on national scale and shops are still full of things in Moscow. At least, for now.
I don't know, I think the short-term effect of the sanctions are probably overstated. Videos of people panic buying some things don't necessarily mean there are real shortages (as we saw here during COVID). And the ruble is already back to its pre-war level after dropping. Sanctions are more of a longer-term play that will take time to really be felt or have a significant tangible effect, at least as long as countries keep buying Russian energy.
And interviewing Anders Åslund about anything? Gross:
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