re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Not sure if posted yet, but security camera video of the dam being hit. Definitely a huge explosion. Also video of it being shelled this morning

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The video of the big explosion is old but the videos of the shelling are definitely from this morning.

When was the big explosion video? Don't know it had been hit like that before

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The story about Ukrainians doing it was debunked months ago.

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He gave you the link.

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U.S. had intelligence of detailed Ukrainian plan to attack Nord Stream pipeline
The CIA learned last June, via a European spy agency, that a six-person team of Ukrainian special operations forces intended to sabotage the Russia-to-Germany natural gas project
By Shane Harris and Souad Mekhennet
June 6, 2023

Three months before saboteurs bombed the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline, the Biden administration learned from a close ally that the Ukrainian military had planned a covert attack on the undersea network, using a small team of divers who reported directly to the commander in chief of the Ukrainian armed forces.

Details about the plan, which have not been previously reported, were collected by a European intelligence service and shared with the CIA in June 2022. They provide some of the most specific evidence to date linking the government of Ukraine to the eventual attack in the Baltic Sea, which U.S. and Western officials have called a brazen and dangerous act of sabotage on Europe’s energy infrastructure.
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Biden administration officials now privately concede there is no evidence that conclusively points to Moscow’s involvement. But publicly they have deflected questions about who might be responsible. European officials in several countries have quietly suggested that Ukraine was behind the attack, but resisted publicly saying so over fears that blaming Kyiv could fracture the alliance against Russia. At gatherings of European and NATO policymakers, officials have settled into a rhythm as one senior European diplomat said recently, “Don’t talk about Nord Stream.”

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Yeah really no need to overthink this. There is going to be a crossing of the Dnipro, this will slow it down but its going to happen.

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Russia did it to slow down the counteroffensive. The timing of this is when we were expecting a break-through any day. Russia probably saw ukr units move up to the river with bridge crossing equipment. Russia saw the “shaping” attacks along the southern front, and knew the big push could come any time now.

Ukraine said ru already mined the dam before and was just waiting for the right time. The timing points away from the dam just breaking on its own.

Russia can now shorten the front it has to defend, and move units east to where the main attack may come from (Zaporizhzhia area).

Russia doesn’t care about human life or its own troops. They don’t care if it floods their positions or ukr civilians. Ukraine does care about its own people and I don’t think they would have done that.

Time will tell and more evidence may come out, but this points to obviously being Russia blowing the dam with underwater charges that they had already laid to slow down a river crossing and free up units to move east.

Some drunk Russian dumbass

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How much you wanna bet it was some Russian dumbass that pulled the wrong lever, turned the wrong knob which caused a catastrophic system failure in the plant. This could all be accidental.

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Or even, with all the damage that the plant has sustained, the controls malfunctioned and caused damage when somebody tried to do something.

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Where pray tell do you suppose the pond water comes from.

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Do you have information the levels in the ponds can't be maintained by the on-site wells as reported?

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The plant cannot operate without coolant water. It's output was being rechannelled away from Ukraine to Russian areas. It appears the Russians have ability to conduct a cold plant shutdown, but have resisted it.

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You really are ill-informed and maybe should take a lap while you catch up. The plant has been in cold shutdown since last year.

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NBC News: "The U.S. government has intelligence that is leaning toward Russia as the culprit of the attack, according to two U.S. officials and one Western official."

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Ukraine's decision to maliciously shutoff Crimea's water supply

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NBC News: "The U.S. government has intelligence that is leaning toward Russia as the culprit of the attack, according to two U.S. officials and one Western official."

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"Leaning."

Hmm. That doesn't sound like much.