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They are basically the only functioning power plants to my knowledge right now. Russia can hit any target it wants in Ukraine.
by Synaesthesia 2y ago
They are basically the only functioning power plants to my knowledge right now. Russia can hit any target it wants in Ukraine.
- threeseed 2y agoUkraine is importing power from continental Europe. And Germany and US are sending more air defence systems e.g. IRIS.
- mytailorisrich 2y agoRussia does not want to hit nuclear power plants. They know the consequences would be very negative for all sides.
- k_bx 2y agoYes, they would get very deep concerns from the West, which they fear so much.
- bluGill 2y agoMaybe, or they might get all of NATO running to attack Russia. China is also currently giving Russia support (while claiming to be neutral, their actions are clearly leaning to support Russia), but is very likely to invade. Nobody wants nuclear weapons used in war again.
- k_bx 2y agoWould you and your friends volunteer to run to attack Russia? Hell, most of my friends in Ukraine did not run to defend our country, many ran away to Europe. Now talk about fighting a foreign war..
- ceejayoz 2y agoMore practically, the fallout would blow in their direction.
- dx034 2y agoOr, with the wrong weather, nuclear fallout heading towards Moscow.
- ponector 2y agoWhy do you think so? How huge cities are generating heat now without power plants? Half of the generating power is destroyed, but there are many power plants still standing.
- windock 2y agoThere are lots of district-level heating plants. They need some electricity to function.
- EasyMark 2y agoMore and more targets can be hit in Russia as well, hopefully US sends even longer range missiles and returns the favor
- bamboozled 2y agoI believe there is a LOT of infrastructure in range of Ukrainian weaponry now too though drones, storm shadow etc?
- mschuster91 2y agoThe thing is, Ukraine does not want to do the same as Russia does. For one, it would be a war crime on its own, but especially, they don't want to give Putin the propaganda points "the evil UA Nxzis bombed our power plants!!!" that the 5th column worldwide would parrot while conveniently ignoring that Russia did that shit for two years.
- bamboozled 2y agoTrue, they have the information game stitched up tight. But if it was retaliation I’m sure it would be ok.
- mschuster91 2y ago> But if it was retaliation I’m sure it would be ok. I certainly wouldn't cry over some Russians in Moscow feeling the impact of their own war. But unfortunately, Russia's trolls would instantly spin even an immediate reaction to the bombing of an UA power plant in a negative way.
- ethbr1 2y agoOne big PR issue is that Ukraine and the West collectively forgot how deterrence works. Russia arguably never really learned.* Preemptive formulation and announcement: "If you X, we will escalate in Y way. If you do not X, then we will not." Instead, there's a hodgepodge of reactive escalation, which is far less effective. The point is to bargain your willingness to escalate into a self-limitation on your opponent's part. F.ex. this war might never have happened if NATO had said, before the post-Crimea invasion, that if Russia further invades territorial Ukraine then it would supply massive amounts of arms to Ukraine. * Russia, on the other hand, apparently never figured out that announcing everything as a red line and constantly making nuclear threats makes such announcements useless. But it seems like authoritarian regimes often have trouble interacting with freer information spaces.