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> Japan is the worst outright making you question even a solid yes mixed with non-subtle and impossible to read vocal/posture How can it be both non-subtle and yet impossible to read?
Russians came from Belarus and with their tanks disrupt the radioactive soil and create dust [1]. The internal systems and the reactors themselves are in nominal state without changes. 1. https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-says-chernobyl-radia...
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> There is blame on both sides Say what now? > One thing I understand about Western European culture is that they will never tell you no outright as it is rude to do so. Generally speaking, no, this is not one thing you understand about W. E. culture.
Berlin is famous for this.
What strategic purpose would taking Chernobyl have other than maybe securing the site and preventing someone from blowing a hole in the sarcophagus?
Take a look at the map. Chernobyl sits right on the border of Belarus, 130km to Kyiv on the western side of Dnieper river. They didn't take Chernobyl to take the reactor, they took it because it is extremely strategic if the goal is to assault Kyiv.
And as a minor consideration, "We captured Chernobyl, protecting you good Russians from Ukranian nuclear threats" can be used as propaganda.
Russians came from Belarus and with their tanks disrupt the radioactive soil and create dust [1]. The internal systems and the reactors themselves are in nominal state without changes. 1. https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-says-chernobyl-radia...
The thing with radioactivity is: it may be invisible but it is luckily very well detectable. Gamma ray spectrometers are super sensitive but that does not mean the detected levels are actually posing a threat to humans.
What strategic purpose would taking Chernobyl have other than maybe securing the site and preventing someone from blowing a hole in the sarcophagus?
The posh ruling elite in Moscow and StP want to deceive the West into thinking Russia is a mad dog that is too dangerous to bother. They want to scare the West from imposing total economic sanctions. They want to scare the West from supplying the Ukrainian resistance. Always remember Russia is a rational actor no matter how much Putin and Lavrov are fear mongering about sanctions leading to a nuclear WW3. The French…
We can only call their bluff so many times before they feel the need to demonstrate that they are indeed willing to be crazy. Which they've done here with this whole Ukraine situation.
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> There is blame on both sides Say what now? > One thing I understand about Western European culture is that they will never tell you no outright as it is rude to do so. Generally speaking, no, this is not one thing you understand about W. E. culture.
You have never been to western europe? Berlin is famous for this.
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From some russian sources I’ve read that Chernobyl has been taken by Belarus soldiers, not russians. Because Belarus guys are sensitive to anything going on around Chernobyl and want to secure the site.
Isn't Belarus a dictatorship? If so, that's such a nice thing for a dictator to do.