Ukraine's rich farmland has made it a "breadbasket". One would think Putin would.....

[EarnestPutz]

.....have some misgivings about contaminating it with a large scale breach of containment at one of their nuclear power plants. Maybe he really has lost it. Worst case would be a radioactive cloud drifting across Europe and his calculus being “a couple of nukes can’t make it much worse.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. But he hasn't contaminated it. Whether this was by design or...

mistake we have no idea. Nor do we have any idea what his plan is.

[acantharchus]

2. I can't abide Putin apologists. NT

[blue-wave]

3. Ukraine has been called

"The breadbasket of Europe" for centuries.

[brush]

4. They've got bread, he's got oil. Something could've been worked out if...

if wasn't for Putin wanting the bread for free.

[underpants]

5. He's also going to need the power/electricity should he actually take it over. Command and control?

Do they have good command and control over the line units? You’d think they would but then you’d think they’d be able to fuel their vehicles and troops (food).

Their logistics are heavily reliant on rail and their rail gauge is wider then the rest of Europe. Their trains can’t run to their west.