• uthredii@beehaw.orgOP
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    1 year ago

    Yep, I think this dam also supplied water to Crimea so it might indicate that Russia doesn’t think they can hold Crimea in particular.

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      I read elsewhere that the dam supplied water to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant too. So, Russian aggression is once again increasing the risk of another nuclear incident in Ukraine. Given the fact that their army also tried to dig trenches in Chernobyl, it’s clear that they don’t take that threat seriously, though.

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      That’s the big one, to me. It’s a huge source of water for damn near all of Crimea. Russia destroying the thing has dramatic implications both to their campaign in Ukraine as well as their perceived ability to withstand the Ukrainian counter offensive in Crimea. This is both terrible and very interesting…