General Russia Ukraine round 2 Price hike boogaloo

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Freeloading Rusty

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Jan 11, 2016
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You managed to post a bunch of informative articles in a row on this thread, I was beginning to suspect that your account had been hacked.

I'm glad you posted that, just for my peace of mind. This is definitely the real Cokie / Freeloading Rusty.
 
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Freeloading Rusty

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Ukrainian officials report changes in radiation levels after Russian forces capture Chernobyl nuclear plant
Ukrainian officials have reported higher levels of radiation after Russian troops captured the Chernobyl power plant, the site of one of the world’s worst nuclear accidents, Reuters reports. The plant is located approximately 60 miles (97 km) north of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Podolyak said the status of the plant and storage facilities is “unknown." White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the US was "outraged by credible reports" of hostages being held at the facility.
 

Wintermute

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Curious what the intelligence red line is for direct NATO intervention. What would they have to see or have credible intel on to act regardless of whether Article 5 is technically triggered? ICBM launch? Blatant atrocities like machine-gunning civilians in the metro tunnels? There has to be a tip-over point.
 
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I did hear an interesting take from the Professor of Ukrainian studies at Uni of Cambridge today.

Its not that much of a nugget but its interesting. Crimea is arid. Unseasonably warm. Ukraine rightly shut off its water when it was annexed and its costing Putin a fortune to keep it running. He wants a land bridge.

The land bridge theory has been mentioned here before, I’m sure i read it on here. But I had no idea that Crimea and its people lived in such a dry place.

That said. My opinion that Putin has gone nuts still stands.

Covid broke a lot of people.
There is a dammed canal that is basically Crimea’s only source of water. He at the least wants to control that.
 

Wintermute

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Reports that they're scattering toy bombs in urban centers.

Toy bombs were used during the Afghanistan-Soviet war to maim children so their families would lose the will to fight.