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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by shmerl on Thursday February 24, 2022 @11:46PM (#30463817)
After they attacked Poland. Second question is self answered since they eventually were stopped, so start from that list.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II#War_breaks_out_in...

Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by slaw on Thursday February 24, 2022 @11:57PM (#30463862)
I know they period of history well enough. When Germany invaded Poland, Soviet Union was ally to Germany and no country was interested in helping Poland.
Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by shmerl on Thursday February 24, 2022 @11:58PM (#30463864)
Exactly the point. They waited for too long to start acting seriously, thinking the problem won't affect them directly.

Parallels with Ukraine and no one helping it directly thinking the problem will stop there are pretty obvious.

Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by HWR_14 on Friday February 25, 2022 @12:09AM (#30463908)
Why were you okay with them conquering Czechoslovakia and Austria? Wouldn't it have been cheaper to stop them then?