I can’t link the relevant Telegram and Twitter posts atm, but reports are about 60 Ukrainian commandos landed just east of the power plant this morning. RAF started shelling the area and engaged them with planes and helicopters. The Russians also claim they sunk 2 more landing ships due west of the plant. Situation isn’t yet fully resolved from what I can tell.
First, just wtf are these lunatics doing. Second, the inspectors arrived in the region yesterday iirc and were supposed to inspect the plant today or in the coming days. The Russians pulled out their forces from neighboring Enerhodar for this visit. Essentially the Ukrainians used the visit as shield for an amphibious assault on a nuclear power plant. That’s the least nefarious interpretation here. What in the world would they have done had they seized the plant. Take the inspectors hostage? Do a PR piece for the world showing the planet they themselves shelled and attacked under their controlled to the world, using the inspectors to give the story credit? Just wtf.
Edit: Seems like the UAF are currently detaining the column of inspectors at a checkpoint about 20km from the frontline.
True, still nuts to me they’d go this far for another PR stunt. One it’s a fucking nuclear plant; two it’s an amphibious assault without aircover on a heavily guarded and monitored area, in part due to their previous shelling; three these PR stunts don’t change the situation on the ground.
Like at some point these people have to realize this war isn’t being won on Twitter or CNN, but on the ground.
It’s a nuclear plant in their own country, surrounded by their own people.
Fucking nazis. This is how much their nationalist rhetorics is worth.
Everything going on in the Ukraine controlled areas makes a lot more sense when you step back and realize that the country is basically run by Nazi death cults.
I am curious how they managed to convince the troops to go along with that plan. Surely they’ve seen the helis? Or perhaps heard about what happened with the previous tank assault?
It’s not hard to convince people to do stupid things when they are brainwashed by the deathcult that is neo-Nazism.
I guess you’re right. Just thought even Nazis would have a sense of self-preservation. And I’m somewhat sure at least some of those soldiers were freshly conscripted youngins.
That’s how deep this problem runs in Ukrainian culture. Remember that this whole “invasion” is coming after an 8 year civil war in which Ukraine wanted to ethnically cleanse its Eastern region of the Russian minority.
It’s one thing to murder civillains from the safety of an artillery position, it’s completely different matter to stage an assault on a well-defended facility. Nazis, contrary to what libs think, are not known for their bravery.
At some point hate and brainwash do overwrite survival instinct though. Plenty examples from history.
Their only hope of not being completely wiped out is to get other countries involved in the war, so of course they’re doing everything in their power to make this conflict global.
I think the plan was to sabotage the power plant and cause a leak. Also possibly, they were trying to cause the inspection to be postponed/cancelled.
I don’t know how true this is and I don’t have any official source but: Russians are saying that they had intel that Boris Johnson was involved in the planning and he was going to use a leak as an excuse to stay in power citing a clause about the world being in danger. That would explain all the visits from Johnson to Ukraine and the rumors about Ukrainians training in the UK. But again, as far as I know, this is not confirmed or substantiated in any way.
Edit: from intel slava:
What I hate most about the PR front is the fact that they don’t need to do anything for PR. Half the world is full of libs that thing Zelenskyy is the second coming.