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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by willis936 on Thursday February 24, 2022 @02:30PM (#30459107)
Costs money and political capital. What it buys is defense of Ukrainian sovereignty and escalates conflict with a dangerous, poor nuclear superpower.

Ukraine is being handed to Putin. He gets to flex his strongman ego and the world gets to not be ended (today).

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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by StillBored on Thursday February 24, 2022 @02:50PM (#30459360)
Which sounds disturbingly like British/French response to the Rhineland/Austria lead up to WWII.
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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by willis936 on Thursday February 24, 2022 @02:57PM (#30459454)
Indeed. Some things are different today. Nukes, cyber weapons, NATO borders being tougher than the League of Nations, the imperial country having a weak economy, and the whole thing is a war without a cause.

Russia invading a NATO country would be akin to walking on a landmine. Putin's not a fool, so it is very unlikely to happen.

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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by jotm on Thursday February 24, 2022 @06:58PM (#30462056)
Well, he could've led Russia on the same path as China, making it a true world power that other countries massively depend on. Instead the fascist government chose isolationism. So, the foolishness of Putin is quite debatable.
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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by dabeledo on Thursday February 24, 2022 @03:02PM (#30459518)
Sudetenland
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