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Russia invading Ukraine (NEWS/UPDATES)

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Wise Man Says said:
I hope you’re right. It sounds risky AF to me. The bloody Russians will never be forgiven, twats.
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I think I checked it out a few years back, when all the terrorist attacks were going on and Sellafield was a target, but seemed that it's not an ignition situation. Still a bit of a worry.
 

Livestream for the power plant if you want to see the burning.

Ok now it’s really burning

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Fire at the power plant
Fuck me they've open up fire
Shooting the shit out of that building livestreamon youtube
 
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Cow said:
There’s an excellent video posted earlier in the thread which goes into detail about the oil and gas fields and how Russian pipelines run through Ukraine, how Ukraine are relying on shell, etc to come and get at their natural reserves, how Russia don’t want that to happen, etc. Gives a lot of context as to why this invasion maybe happening
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Ready the novichok, he's been compromised.

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Schnauzer said:
In 2019 Ukraine only imported 30% of its gas. Since the annexing of Crimea it imports this from Europe rather than Russia (although the Europeans mostly get that gas from Russia in the first place!)

If you look at Figure 3 in this linked document you will see 2 main things.

1) there is a lot of gas under and in the sea off Crimea

2) there is a big gas field running from Donbas in the SE across to the NW and this is precisely where the Russian army are now sitting.

I am sure this is just a coincidence though.

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It's ah unsurprising coincidence, especially if you've watched this video

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Cow said:
There’s an excellent video posted earlier in the thread which goes into detail about the oil and gas fields and how Russian pipelines run through Ukraine, how Ukraine are relying on shell, etc to come and get at their natural reserves, how Russia don’t want that to happen, etc. Gives a lot of context as to why this invasion maybe happening
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This one above?
 
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MonkeyLove said:
I doubt anything will happen at the Power plant but the fact they are even bombing near it is crazy.

The reactors are highly secure but presume no one ever accounted for a war within the grounds so the command, control and systems are probably more of a risk. But can’t see any major concern
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The reactors require lots of external stuff to remain cool. I have no idea what the electrical situation is in that area, but if it’s off grid then the diesel generators will be providing the backup for any cooling process.
 
A good sign is that the car park (?) lights are still on. Unless they’re running off generators themselves (which is a possibility), it would look like there’s still power from the grid.
 
Baloo said:
The reactors require lots of external stuff to remain cool. I have no idea what the electrical situation is in that area, but if it’s off grid then the diesel generators will be providing the backup for any cooling process.
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^ What he said.

The reactors themselves aren't in trouble, if they were then it would be a case of egregious friendly fire as the fallout would easily reach Crimea, Luhansk, Donestk, even the southern Russian cities like Rostov. The aim is to cause a nationwide blackout rather than cause a radioactive spillage.
 
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Again, a fire in itself normally isn’t bad. On site fire crews and then the fire service will turn up as a priority. However, unless the Russians have considered this and have brought their own appliances with them, then I’d be very surprised if either the on site responders are in a position to react and nor will the external fire service.
coyneeee said:
^ What he said.

The reactors themselves aren't in trouble, if they were then it would be a case of egregious friendly fire as the fallout would easily reach Crimea, Luhansk, Donestk, even the southern Russian cities like Rostov. The aim is to cause a nationwide blackout rather than cause a radioactive spillage.
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I’d be slightly concerned about the above.
 
Baloo said:
Again, a fire in itself normally isn’t bad. On site fire crews and then the fire service will turn up as a priority. However, unless the Russians have considered this and have brought their own appliances with them, then I’d be very surprised if either the on site responders are in a position to react and nor will the external fire service.

I’d be slightly concerned about the above.
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Seems this lad thinks the same that there is a little bit of a risk

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Peav said:
Defo firing on to the building by the looks of things
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Looked like they opened fire, caused a fire, emergency services attended but got stopped and buggered off then the Russians opened fire on the building again when they went.
 
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