According to the politicians yes. But if you listen to the actual people that run the plants, it's possible to keep them running.I've recently heard that they can't just make an 180 on the shutting down of nuclear plants. They'd need more preparation time for it
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Igor Girkin posts on Telegram in the manner you say. Does a lot of long ramblings on Russia's military strategy.For real? I've seen it reported as being him but he's just pointing out Russia's failings to give them a kick up the arse or something. Or am I thinking of a different account?
Or people are not aware who the guy is in general.Can't be too enjoyable, Russians are seriously hated in Italy right now. I can't imagine the reception is too welcoming though I suppose there aren't actually many Italians in Venice.
Surreal.No wonder the moral is so high among the Russian troops, worst case scenario dad gets a brand new Lada.
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Incredible what you can get away with and turn people into with complete media control and 24/7 brainwashing.No wonder the moral is so high among the Russian troops, worst case scenario dad gets a brand new Lada.
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Unfortunately, multi-millionaires are not like us simple humans, so they don't really care what people think about them. Most of the people they interact with are like servants to them...Can't be too enjoyable, Russians are seriously hated in Italy right now. I can't imagine the reception is too welcoming though I suppose there aren't actually many Italians in Venice.
Forgive my ignorance of geography. Is this a bridge connecting 2 parts of the Ukraine or a bridge connecting Kherson to Russia? If it's within Ukraine isn't that going to make it very difficult for Ukraine to form any counter offensive in the futureJudging by the damages in the video, the bridge has been hit by artillery rounds, that suggest that the Ukrainians are now able to set up artillery positions within 40km of the Dnepr. If that is the case they can also cover the highway towards Nova Kakhovka with artillery fire. The Russians will struggle massivly to resupply their troops in Kherson city if these two roads have been cut off.
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It's the first and yes it would make it harder for the Ukrainians to cross the Dnepr but there are other bridges further to the east. The thing is the Russians would almost certainly blow up the bridge anyway if they retreated from Kherson, so it's possible the Ukrainians see it as already lost. The fact that they only hit it 2 or 3 times, inflicting what looked like just non critical damage could mean that they were just sending a warning to the Russians in Kherson, "get out now or risk encirclement".Forgive my ignorance of geography. Is this a bridge connecting 2 parts of the Ukraine or a bridge connecting Kherson to Russia? If it's within Ukraine isn't that going to make it very difficult for Ukraine to form any counter offensive in the future
It's within Ukraine, Kherson City sits on the North side of the Dnipro River, of which there are only two bridges in the area linking it to Southern Ukraine and Crimea. For this reason, Kherson should never really have fallen in the first place with there being such bottlenecks, apparently Russia managed to buy those responsible for the areas defense however.Forgive my ignorance of geography. Is this a bridge connecting 2 parts of the Ukraine or a bridge connecting Kherson to Russia? If it's within Ukraine isn't that going to make it very difficult for Ukraine to form any counter offensive in the future
Its obviously being done to restrict Russian troop movements and supplies. They can rebuild it after the war. Its not critical to the Ukrainians since they can move across fields and other unpaved land.Forgive my ignorance of geography. Is this a bridge connecting 2 parts of the Ukraine or a bridge connecting Kherson to Russia? If it's within Ukraine isn't that going to make it very difficult for Ukraine to form any counter offensive in the future
Here is a map with markers of the two bridges near Kherson and the next closest bridge/dam, which is about 60 km upriver. As others have pointed out, the bridge allows for the Russians to resupply Kherson and maintain control on the East side of the river. If they are cut off, it would doom the occupation of Kherson and effectively preclude any future Russian offensive towards Odesa, which may allow the Ukrainians to reopen Odesa for shipping grain, etc.Forgive my ignorance of geography. Is this a bridge connecting 2 parts of the Ukraine or a bridge connecting Kherson to Russia? If it's within Ukraine isn't that going to make it very difficult for Ukraine to form any counter offensive in the future
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Thanks for the explanationHere is a map with markers of the two bridges near Kherson and the next closest bridge/dam, which is about 60 km upriver. As others have pointed out, the bridge allows for the Russians to resupply Kherson and maintain control on the East side of the river. If they are cut off, it would doom the occupation of Kherson and effectively preclude any future Russian offensive towards Odesa, which may allow the Ukrainians to reopen Odesa for shipping grain, etc.
There have been reports in the last couple of days about Russia moving most of their ships away from occupied Sevastopol to Novorossijsk in mainland Russia. Maybe the Russians are expecting something in Crimea to?
If the fleet is moving away, then something big must be brewing on the South Ukrainian/Crimean front. With the HIMARS and Harpoon missiles now being game-changers in Ukrainian hands, it would make sense for the Russian Navy to get away as we now know that their CIWS are not up to the task.There have been reports in the last couple of days about Russia moving most of their ships away from occupied Sevastopol to Novorossijsk in mainland Russia. Maybe the Russians are expecting something in Crimea to?
It's impossible to know exactly what is the weak point in the Russian air defense, but Ukraine are definitely able to get their missiles through.I know there's a lot of hyperbole but if HIMARS have made this much difference, are Russia's S300's just outdated/not fit for their task? It's not like HIMARS are a big secret that have been revealed and taken the world by storm.
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I left out that news on the purpose but as you say anyone can connect the dots here.Russia are gearing up to resupply gas. It’s not a coincidence