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I get that Chernobyl is near the border of two countries at war, but why the everloving hell is anyone targeting anything within miles of the exclusion zone? Ar
by nick238 10mo ago
I get that Chernobyl is near the border of two countries at war, but why the everloving hell is anyone targeting anything within miles of the exclusion zone? Are there any military units anywhere near there, or is it intentionally being targeted as an oblique dirty-bomb threat?
- rich_sasha 10mo agoThe whole Russian invasion is one massive exercise in contempt for human life, Ukrainian and Russian. So I don't think they would care about the hole.
- explodes 10mo agoThere are certainly very real humans deciding if this target gets hit or not and why.
- glitchcrab 9mo agoYou can be human and not care about other humans.
- yetihehe 9mo agoThat's even worse. They are humans who want to see more suffering. The famous quote from one Russian propagandist about Ukrainians dying: "I don't pity them at all". Me and you care and think that losses on both sides are atrocious. Russians don't care.
- roncesvalles 9mo agoWhen you're at war you just want to hurt the enemy; you're not thinking straight so to speak. It takes enormous professional restraint - both personal and organizational - to not say fuck it all and just press the nuclear launch button after a bad day on the ground.
- scrubs 10mo agoYup. Science/math/chess/music and literature to name a few are better with russians involved. Then there's the russian government: that's a problem. Their military subdues by shelling to bits civil targets come what may. Then there's the Ukranian POWs and kids ... the Russia gov doesn't give a cats whisker.
- TheNewsIsHere 9mo agoMany do not understand the Russian military because it is human nature to search for some kind of reason or logic. The is no reasoning with a mad man, and that is who is in charge in Russia.
- scrubs 9mo agoAgree. What putin's government understands is a 2x4 upside the head. I'm reminded of the cool hand luke line: "If that's the way he wants it, he gets it."
- magic_hamster 9mo agoBecause any resource which is thought to be safe from bombardment will be utilized. Sadly this is extremely common all over the world. In war zones, armed forces use hospitals, schools, etc, as a base of operation (which invalidates its protected status by international law), then cry fowl when their cover is eventually bombed. Not saying Ukraine used Chernobyl for military purposes, but it would definitely not surprise me if they did, or if Russia wanted to rule this out. Either way, war is awful, too bad we are only going towards more war and more conflict. We're a dumb species.
- stuaxo 9mo agoOr maybe they just bombed it to terrorise the population, and the bombing of schools and hospitals in other conflicts is for the same reasons.
- justsomehnguy 9mo ago> I get that Chernobyl is near the border of two countries at war Chernobyl is located on the border of Belarus. It's nowhere near any active military action and at least 200+ km from the active front lines.
- recursivecaveat 9mo agoDiverted from regular target, then they bombed it because it's a vaguely industrial looking structure? I don't really see the logic in deliberately bombing Chernobyl, but Russia has not been particularly discriminate. Active nuclear plants have lost external power for cooling due to targeted strikes on energy infrastructure before.