Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces

Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by newaccount2021 on Thursday February 24, 2022 @02:05PM (#30458817)

EU is incapable and the US doesn't have near enough assets nearby

in any case, Putin would likely respond with a nuke (he already basically hinted this), this is an endgame for everyone, Ukraine, Russia, Putin...there will be no de-escalation or peace process. Putin already said Ukraine "does not need to exist"...either the Ukrainians can fight him off or not. Probably not. Sanctions won't matter. Scolding Putin at the UN won't matter. China will golf-clap the whole thing. By the end of 2022, the only issue will be when the West just recognizes the new borders or not.

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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by mrtranscendence on Thursday February 24, 2022 @02:41PM (#30459244)

Putin responding with a nuke would be suicide. Maybe literal suicide. He's surely not that stupid?

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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by yaris on Thursday February 24, 2022 @02:53PM (#30459405)

Maybe he is not stupid, but there are hints that his contact with reality is becoming somewhat unstable.

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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by sveme on Thursday February 24, 2022 @02:43PM (#30459257)

I doubt that Russia can hold Ukraine for long. Once Putin is gone, everything he accomplished will fade away quickly.

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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by Aeolun on Thursday February 24, 2022 @08:04PM (#30462533)

You'd hope so right?

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