Much better chance Putin won't make it through this year.
BTW, the Ukes already repaired most of the damage done yesterday and have the power back on.
We pounded the crap out of Germany in WWII. When troops entered the Ruhr, factories were still building tanks.
Because the world's technological infrastructure hasn't changed in 75 years...
If true about the power plants, it must be that most of the shutdowns were safety /precautionary shutdowns. Big transformers and such are a big deal to replace, and damaged transformers are almost never repairable.
In Gulf War 2 we used specialized carbon fiber munitions to only temporarily knock out power plants and transformer stations, and even so, in a few cases killed transformers, causing lengthy outages.
Anyone know what kind of munitions Russia used?