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Thunderbeast

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3. I re-watched it last week too
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 05:56 PM
Jan 2026

The depth of lies and fear of disclosing the depth of the disaster to Soviet leadership was telling and predictive. Russia still holds the fiction that only 31 people died from the explosion.

I hold respect for those brave souls who knowingly sacrificed their health and lives to save literally millions of European citizens on both sides of the Iron Curtain.

Before he died, Gorbachev posited that the Chernobyl disaster disaster was the tipping point that ended the Soviet Union four years later.

I recommend it too.

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Yeah. I watched it when it first came out. More should view it. hlthe2b Jan 2026 #1
when did it come out? Recently or long time ago? BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2026 #5
2019-HBO hlthe2b Jan 2026 #6
ok. thx BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2026 #7
Agree Tadams01KC Jan 2026 #2
That Actually Could Have Been Accurate.... ProfessorGAC Jan 2026 #8
I re-watched it last week too Thunderbeast Jan 2026 #3
My relatives told me the ruzzians went knocking on doors in Estonia Wicked Blue Jan 2026 #4
While Probably True... ProfessorGAC Jan 2026 #9
Those guys were up in the helicopters Wicked Blue Jan 2026 #10
A Lot Of Those Helicopter Crews Died ProfessorGAC Jan 2026 #11
Widow Tadams01KC Jan 2026 #12
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