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Im so confused about the dam thing. How does it benefit Russia to blow it up?
 
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.
 
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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.
That’s what I read anyway
 
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
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.
 
Mark Hertling's input on the recent events in Nova Khakova. The second tweet in that thread is important.



If the Russians were hoping to slow down the UAF by blowing up the dam, they also cut the water supply of their own people in Crimea. It is peak stupidity and it reeks desperation.

edit: In the comments down Lt. Gen. Hertling's thread, someone directly compared that with the deliberate destruction of the Yellow River dam during WW2.
 
The western world owes Ukraine a membership in NATO upon the end of the war and it should be announced during the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius. Loud and clear. This should not be allowed to be repeated ever again.
 
Russia has already began shelling the evacuation points on the right bank with the help of drones in places where people are gathering. Every heckin russist will pay for it one way or another.

 
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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.
 
Interesting, got a source for that?
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.
 
Until I think 2014 switzerland had explosives in all bridges at borders and some other objects. So i would assume that a lot of countries do something similar.
 
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?

EU has already declared them a 'state sponsor' of terrorism, not sure if that's the same thing.
 
at which point do western nations take the step of branding Russia a terrorist state?

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.
 
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?
 
What does deporting the Russian nationals (many of then tend to be highly educated and despise Putin) achieve?

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.
 
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.
Yeah lets send people who want to get away from a bad situation back into it.