Posted on 11/28/2022 12:23:42 PM PST by dennisw
The Kremlin denies it, but right now, it only looks like a matter of time. Russia wants to keep the nuclear power facility in Zaporizhzhia for its own energy needs as well as nuclear hostage in its failing war in Ukraine.
The question is whether they can hold it, and for how long. As the New York Times points out, the fallback from Kherson hasn’t bolstered their forces in Zaporizhzhia enough to sustain its seizure in the long run:
Following a string of Ukrainian military successes in the south, the Kremlin sought on Monday to tamp down speculation that Russian forces would withdraw from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex, with President Vladimir V. Putin’s spokesman saying that Moscow has no plans to end its military occupation of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.
“One should not look for signs where there are none and cannot be any,” said the spokesman, Dmitri S. Peskov.
That’s what they said about Kherson too, until they got forced out by Ukrainian advances. More on that in a moment, but those claims are no longer convincing even Vladimir Putin’s milblogging propagandists. They have begun reporting on efforts to prepare Russian media for a retreat from Zaporizhzhia:
Russian forces seized the Zaporizhzhia plant soon after invading Ukraine in late February, stationing troops and military equipment there. A withdrawal from the plant would mark another setback for Russian forces in a region that Mr. Putin has sought to annex illegally.
On Sunday, Petro Kotin, the president of the Ukrainian state nuclear energy company, Energoatom, said that there were signs that Russian troops were “packing and stealing whatever they can find” at the Zaporizhzhia complex, although he emphasized that there was no evidence that the troops had actually begun to pull out.
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5000 year old rule of war. To the victor go the spoils.
Have the Russians stopped shelling themselves yet?
karma is still in effect too
Russia has some nasties coming its way
The IAEA making believe they don’t know who is shooting at this nuclear power plant is a real steamer.
Only dopes would believe such a ridiculous thing. For example, people like you. It must really suck going through life as an imbecile.
FOAD!
Karma seldom worked after all the wars in the world for 5000 years.
“Russia has some nasties coming its way”
So do protesting truck drivers, huh?
“seldom”?
what about Nazi Germany?
I call BS on this.
More likely believe the news that most of the plant employees have asked for or gotten Russian passports. If the Ukes were to ever reoccupy the facility they’d execute the staff for “ collaborating”
Thus far other than near constant shelling since summer, the threat the Ukes have posed to the plant..besides captured saboteurs…have been 4-5 aborted ( as in destroyed by Russia) raiding parties of several hundred Brit-trained special forces,
There go all the flush toilets and clothes washers.
“FOAD!”
That’s the extent of your argument. There is nothing there. I don’t even know how you people get across the street by yourselves.
You’ve got no respect for yourself.
Hindustan Times
11/26/22
Russia has a last laugh as West-supplied Howitzers are breaking down in Ukraine - report
“Ukraine is facing technical problems with western artillery amid war with Russia. According to New York Times, one-third of the howitzers sent to Ukraine have developed snags. A U.S. official said that a third of the 350 howitzers sent by the west to Ukraine are out of action. The New York Times reported that the United States Department of Defense is concerned over the development. The U.S. reportedly set up a repair facility in Poland to fix “faulty” weapons, the NYT reported.”
Hindustan Times
11/27/22
Putin’s war empties arsenal of 20 NATO nations after U.S; Setback for Ukraine | Report
“In a huge setback to Ukraine’s fight against the Russian offensive, most NATO members have run out of weapons. According to a report published in the New York Times, at least 20 of the alliance’s 30 members are “pretty tapped out.” A NATO official also said that smaller countries have exhausted their potential. Even the U.S. military is rushing to replenish the arms stock it has supplied to Kyiv.”
WION
US falls short on weapons, will not divert exports from South Korea
“The war in Ukraine has now lasted for almost 10 months. The Western allies remember before the beginning of the war simply had not anticipated the scale of this conflict but today it is the primary cause of domestic and international wars.”
U.S. looks to supply older and cheaper weapons to Ukraine.
NATO plans on restarting old weapons factories to boost prouction.
Ukraine is firing 7k rounds per day of which the U.S. only produces 15k per month.
👉 Libtards: WION put out Putin propaganda in this report!
Libtards: Hindustan Times also put out Putin propaganda even though they are citing the New York Times!!!!! 👈
Don’t forget to take all those used control rods comrades - they’ll keep your house nice and warm!
I had a professor years ago who was a child in Nazi occupied Hungary. He said the german soldiers were pretty reasonable compared to the Soviets who subsequently rolled through, raping and pillaging in their wake.
Ha ha. Those links are great.
Ha ha. Those links are great.
well, to be fair, it said the US guns are getting the barrels shot out of them wi some guns running 300rds a day
i wouldn’t think that a lot, but i’m not a gunner so...
no good if they aren’t being used, i won’t speak to the German guns
NATO plans on restarting old weapons factories to boost production.
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True, one fact the corrupted western media fails to observe:NATO is a proven paper tiger, 41 countries are allied against Russia, and they simply can not stop Vlad……every move is a reaction to Vlads moves….fact is Vlad is producing arms at a rate that astonishes the West….even Lockheed states it will take 2 years to manufacture the Stingers and Javelins the US threw away to the Ukies….
….and Vlad continues to checkmate senile Joe’s war at every turn…the only thing corrupted Joe and the West has is control of the western media….and the war cheerleaders keep drinking their whiskey.
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