Russia's War Against Ukraine

[Gusington]

CNN has a small screen-within-a-screen focusing just on the nuclear plant assault :/

[Con]

Well the nuclear containment building regs are to survive a plane hit. Wonder what type of rpg and tank shell testing they have done on it. We are living in a Bond film

[GDS_Starfury]

and how likely is a wrecked nuclear power plant to pull in NATO?
is there a part of putins idiotic strategy to now pull in NATO?

[al_infierno]

^ I was just wondering if a nuclear cloud drifting into Poland would be cause for Article 5.   :-\

[Lowenstaat]

Wow, shelling a nuclear plant can't be a smart move! I've seen some video that showed what looked like illuminating flares falling into a parking lot at the plant. Has anyone seen video of HE or other types of artillery falling on the plant or tanks firing at the plant?

[GDS_Starfury]

i was watching the live stream.
the last page has my comments.

[ComradeP]

According to Director General Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the reactors are undamaged.

[Jarhead0331]

...but they are now in Russian hands.

[Zulu1966]

and how likely is a wrecked nuclear power plant to pull in NATO?
is there a part of putins idiotic strategy to now pull in NATO?

Well - he is definitely an idiot - so who knows.

[MengJiao]

and how likely is a wrecked nuclear power plant to pull in NATO?
is there a part of putins idiotic strategy to now pull in NATO?

  CNN (I think) noted that the IAE(AC?) was readying an "action team"...apparently of your basic superheros who were irratiated into the specialities some time ago
...to go fix the powerplant (or something).  Maybe I'm drifting away from reality here or maybe reality is drifting away from me.  Anyway there was something about an
action team that was getting ready to deal with the reactor...make sure it got shut down properly?

[jamus34]

Pretty much sums up what I've been saying since the start. It would be a Very Bad Idea for Germany to get involved in this, beyond offering support, equipment, aid.

Putin pretty much has the entire world's public opinion against him, including his own countrymen. Germany joining the fight would change the Russian opinion almost instantly I think.

I feel the best thing Germany could do is to aid Poland with all the refugees. And that's it.

[ComradeP]

https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-11-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine

Director General Grossi looked like he lost his cat, car, and marriage all in one day at today's press conference, but that might be his natural look.

[GDS_Starfury]

seems to be updated often

https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/03-march-kharkiv2255-red-alert-aerial-threat-g

[Sir Slash]

I heard on FOX this morning the Ukrainians are saying the Nuke plant is being run by their staff at gunpoint by Chechnyans working for the Russkies. And there are more nuclear power plants in the path on of the Russians. Could be just a propaganda story by the Ukes.

[Gusington]

^That sounds so insane it must be true. Like a GI Joe comic book plot from 1988.