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wnylib

(21,417 posts)
7. Yes, it was a ground attack - this time.
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 05:07 PM
Mar 2022

Was the goal just to take over the plant, and they were stupid about it? Or was the goal to inflict enough damage to cause a radioactive crisis but the Ukranians contained the damage? If Putin wants to create a radioactive disaster at some point in the fighting, he could use planes in the future.

Another poster has suggested UN ground troops to protect the nuclear plants. Would the Russian army fight the UN troops, creating an even worse situation with 3 fighting parties on the ground? Or would UN ground troops be a good way to protect nuclear plants.

Use planes against ground troops? If necessary, but if ground troops are close enough to the plant, an errant bomb could create the thing we want to prevent.

I don't have any answers, just concerns about the nuclear danger and questions about the best way to prevent a disaster.

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