Why in the world did Russia capture Chernobyl?

[Towlie]

Reuters: Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces

[msongs]

1. maybe cuz its on the path to another objective like Kiyv? nt

[brooklynite]

5. More precisely its on the path FROM Belarus (where Russian troops were staged)

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. According to the article: "Russia wants to control the Chernobyl nuclear reactor to signal NATO not

to interfere militarily, the same source said."

[Amishman]

3. Seems a perfect place for a field command center

No one in their right mind would consider airstrikes against it

Plus the propaganda of capturing an infamous location

[FoxNewsSucks]

4. The missing Stargate is buried there?

[EndlessWire]

17. LOL! n/t

[Wicked Blue]

6. Possible blackmail, IMHO

Threats to cause release of deadly radiation

[PortTack]

7. JMHO a terriost act. if they damage the sarcophagus the leaking reactor would poison much of

If not all of Ukraine and a good portion of Europe

[Mariana]

22. There's no need for them to occupy the site to destroy the sarcophagus

if that's what they want to do.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. The Other 3 Reactors...

...aren't fully decommissioned, even though they shut down 20 years ago.
Maybe there's still usable fuel in the core of those?
That's a reach, I know. But, if there's nothing of tangible value there, it makes no sense

[JCMach1]

9. It's the place where the Soviet Union died

[Hugin]

11. Bingo.

Look no further.

[uponit7771]

36. +1

[Lovie777]

10. Russia would be affected as well . . ..

[chocolatpi]

12. black market dirty bombs? resettlement camps?

[Ponietz]

16. Its dirty bombs I think

Dirty bombs can make Moscow uninhabitable.

[Mr.Bill]

13. I heard someone on MSNBC say

they are there because if we fired on them with any heavy weapons it would send radioactive dust in the air and harm people over a large area.

[haele]

14. Because there's a big, solid bridge there...

That will allow troops coming from Russia to cross in an advance more easily to Kyiv.
That river is pretty big, and a pontoon bridge in Belarus can't support the amount of troops he wants to mass into Western Ukraine.

Just my guess. Along with threatening Europe with a dirty bomb style radiation exposure.

Haele

[EndlessWire]

20. Ah, TY.

That's interesting. I wonder why he doesn't care if his troops get radiated? Is there not enough left in the open to make them sick? Then, why is everyone so worried about bombing the soil and dispersing it?

If you get sick and die from radiation, and then you get cremated in one of those rolling crematoriums, what happens to the ashes and crap that gets left behind? Enough to make you sick but not enough to poison other troops?

[haele]

25. No, his rolling crematoriums are to hide the numbers of casualties.

Many members of the Russian Army probably don't have a solid family relationships or are basically mercenaries. Records of cremated remains of those types of soldiers can be lost or misplaced while a body would be harder to lose.
The sinister thought is that these units can also be used to hide remains of a number of dead civilians.

[EndlessWire]

27. TY. Are you saying

that his troops will not get sick, or that if they die from radiation they will not get cremated?

I also wonder if, were they to die and then get cremated, would the crematoriums then be radioactive? And, what about further contamination from them should they be driven further into Ukraine?

[haele]

31. No, I don't think he or his War ministry cares about radiated soldiers.

Crematoriums are to reduce masses of human remains. Whether radiated or not. Put them into small boxes. Or not, depending on orders or the level of personal responsibility the operators have.
About dead soldiers and civilians...
Stalin wouldn't have cared, Andropov certainly didn't really care until it became obvious he and the Party would personally be affected, so I doubt very much that Putin, an old style KGB agent, cares about radiation in Ukraine or Belarus or that area of Russia that might be affected, and I highly doubt he cares about sending radiated human remains to low level family members and getting them sick.

Just my personal observation

Haele

[EndlessWire]

32. OK, thanks... n/t

[crickets]

28. Ah. There's the strategic value then. Thanks for the clarity.

Still, background overtones of "Nice ruined nuke plant you have here. Shame if something happened to it." Oof.

[keithbvadu2]

15. Are they taking it to use it or to protect it?

Are they taking it to use it or to protect it?

It would be a tempting target for extremists of both sides.

Extremists would not be worried about long term effects.

No! I am not trying to favor Trump's pal Vlad.

It could be a practical matter.

[hatrack]

18. Staging area - it's pretty much attack-proof

.

[Runningdawg]

19. Use it as a prison camp for the anti-war protesters they are arresting in Russia and POWs?

The world watching them melt on a live cam would certainly send a message.

[Budi]

21. Scavange for useable nuke remains

[Mike Nelson]

23. Hmm...

... maybe it's where they buried Hunter's laptop, Hillary's missing emails, and Obama's real birth certificate? I think that The Donald should go there and start digging!

[EndlessWire]

24. LOL!

I do too!

[FakeNoose]

26. I'll bet the PEE TAPE is there too

[Captain Stern]

29. They're going to flip it. Real estate is BOOMING

They'll end up getting more than their asking price

[struggle4progress]

37. Maybe Jarvanka should buy it for Donald to turn into a golf course

[lame54]

30. Putin hopes the soldiers stationed there...

Will become radioactive super soldiers

[usonian]

33. It's the doomsday machine.

You nuke me, I nuke everyone. BUT




WAITING .....

[Wednesdays]

34. One of the generals who was a talking head on CNN

speculated that because of the "iffy" nature of the area, it may be less well-defended. Compared it with the Ardennes Forest where the Germans crossed into France during World War II.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

35. "The location is important because of where it sits,"said retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges,

"If Russian forces were attacking Kyiv from the north, Chernobyl is right there on the way, almost in the way."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/why-would-russia-want-to-take-chernobyl/ar-AAUgTfp