Yes, they have mined the dam when they were retreating.This is the place that we know Russia mined last year, isn't it?
Im so confused about the dam thing. How does it benefit Russia to blow it up?
They’re simply terrorizing and destroying Ukraine that’s their sole purpose, they know they won’t be able to keep it so are trying to inflict as much damage and pain behind as possible. This nation and regime are rotten. How does it benefit Russia from military point of view to waste their scarce missiles on bombing civilians in Kyiv or Lviv? It doesn’t, as their goals are always much more sinister.Im so confused about the dam thing. How does it benefit Russia to blow it up?
They can move troops from there now since it’s impossible to pass, the mud alone left behind from the dam ensures that.Im so confused about the dam thing. How does it benefit Russia to blow it up?
The amount of resources Ukraine has to deploy to evacuate and protect the residents in the region disrupts enough to focus on purely military movement. Hence Russians can focus on regrouping and reassuring their own units during the period.Maybe an attempt to slow the counteroffensive? Pretty desperate move in any case and shows that Russia has given up on gaining any new ground
At some point, enough has to be enough.
Every Soviet style dam is constructed with secret critical spots to place explosives in that allow the quick collapse of the structure , for usage in war.Here's an article about what might happen if the dam is blown. Looking at the maps, the East bank (southern at this point) is much lower lying than the West bank so the Russians will bear the brunt of the damage. It seems that Kherson will only have minor flooding in a few areas, while the Russian-occupied side will be inundated. The major issue could be the nuclear plant losing the water that cools it, which I guess could force the Russians to abandon it to let Ukraine deal with it.
https://cornucopia.se/2022/10/worst-case-modelling-for-nova-kakhovka-dam-break/
I'm also curious how they could've done this since it would take quite the hit to blow the dam.
Every Soviet style dam is constructed with secret critical spots to place explosives in that allow the quick collapse of the structure , for usage in war.
It's not only there, the same applies to a lot of infrastructure in West Germany that was build during the Cold War. It's a common strategic planning that you want to be able to easily destroy roads the enemy could use.Interesting, got a source for that?
Only talks with civil engineers in my country, which is not ex Soviet but ex Soviet bloc. I am not aware of any public doc.Interesting, got a source for that?
at which point do western nations take the step of branding Russia a terrorist state?
at which point do western nations take the step of branding Russia a terrorist state?
What does deporting the Russian nationals (many of then tend to be highly educated and despise Putin) achieve?Should go fully gloves off at this point. Suspend any remaining business with Russia. Deport all Russian nationals. Freeze/claim all Russian assets in EU countries incl. real estate.
What does deporting the Russian nationals (many of then tend to be highly educated and despise Putin) achieve?
No not in Finland but bridges here are built with ready made places for explosives. But no explosives are placed there in peace time.Finland have something like this too.
Yeah lets send people who want to get away from a bad situation back into it.Revolution,
Non-action is tacit approval.
It’s not enough to grumble on the sidelines. Power is cyclic, only when the momentum turns the other way will this end.
Go do something about Russian nationals.