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Not like I really want to engage in this, but what exactly would Russian gain from that? Their capitol is only 500 km from the Ukrainian border. I get that ever

Not like I really want to engage in this, but what exactly would Russian gain from that? Their capitol is only 500 km from the Ukrainian border. I get that everyone thinks Putin is crazy and therefore everything every Russian does is suicidal, but come on, we ought be able to put our emotions aside and talk about this properly.

kenmacd 5y ago
They didn't say they want something to go wrong, just that if it does Putin will blame someone else.
scrollaway 5y ago
I don't think GP is implying Russia has something to gain from it. But that won't prevent it from happening.
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risyachka 5y ago
>> I get that everyone thinks Putin is crazy and therefore everything every Russian does is suicidal, but come on, we ought be able to put our emotions aside and talk about this properly. Thinking that putin is crazy is actually a result of talking about all this properly. Because no one in the world can find another explanation.
mey 5y ago
Putin has backed himself into a corner. The only way the Russian government seems to be willing to move forward is to control the narrative, and so far that has been spinning a false narrative about liberating Ukraine from Nazis. At this point the information curtain is dropping in full force inside the country with extreme laws being put in place punishing "lies" about the way with up to 15 years imprisonment plus cutting off external media and social media. Chernobyl has been in Russian control since the second or third day of the war. Strategically it is a pathway between Kyiv and Russia. I doubt Russia wants to destroy it, it'll do way more harm to Russia than anyone else, but this is a war and infrastructure is being destroyed.
tiborsaas 5y ago
It's enough to have enough poorly educated people take over there and incompetence will do the rest. This is what caused the '86 meltdown in the first place.
sofixa 5y ago
Russia would gain more "validation" of their narrative, that Ukraine is a dangerous state run by Nazis and what not that needs to be "demilitarised" and "denazified". It's of course an outright bullshit narrative, but they keep inventing bullshit to prop it up.

kenmacd 5y ago

They didn't say they want something to go wrong, just that if it does Putin will blame someone else.

scrollaway 5y ago

I don't think GP is implying Russia has something to gain from it. But that won't prevent it from happening.

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risyachka 5y ago

>> I get that everyone thinks Putin is crazy and therefore everything every Russian does is suicidal, but come on, we ought be able to put our emotions aside and talk about this properly. Thinking that putin is crazy is actually a result of talking about all this properly. Because no one in the world can find another explanation.

mey 5y ago

Putin has backed himself into a corner. The only way the Russian government seems to be willing to move forward is to control the narrative, and so far that has been spinning a false narrative about liberating Ukraine from Nazis. At this point the information curtain is dropping in full force inside the country with extreme laws being put in place punishing "lies" about the way with up to 15 years imprisonment plus cutting off external media and social media. Chernobyl has been in Russian control since the second or third day of the war. Strategically it is a pathway between Kyiv and Russia. I doubt Russia wants to destroy it, it'll do way more harm to Russia than anyone else, but this is a war and infrastructure is being destroyed.

tiborsaas 5y ago

It's enough to have enough poorly educated people take over there and incompetence will do the rest. This is what caused the '86 meltdown in the first place.

sofixa 5y ago

Russia would gain more "validation" of their narrative, that Ukraine is a dangerous state run by Nazis and what not that needs to be "demilitarised" and "denazified". It's of course an outright bullshit narrative, but they keep inventing bullshit to prop it up.