25,000 acres of forest on fire in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, threatening to spread radiation

[highplainsdem]

I converted the measurement in hectares to acres.

Link to tweet

[RandomNumbers]

1. Ecocide

As said by a response on twitter:

"I don’t know of this is a war crime but it’s clearly an ecocide"

The radiation effects may be the more glaringly obvious human cost (and yes war crime) but GOD DAMN IT we can't keep destroying forests. Bad enough when it is done intentionally for capitalism (very, very, bad) but the ecological tragedy should not be buried under the other horrors of war.

[Bayard]

2. Sounds planned

Radiation deaths without having to fire a nuke.

[Jirel]

6. This.

Putin was looking for ways to nuke Ukraine without taking the heat for breaking the biggest international taboo of all. He found it.

[FakeNoose]

4. New form of Russian suicide

The wind blows it into Russia, am I right?

[2naSalit]

7. Looks that way.

Another brilliant pootin idea.

https://www.aviationweather.gov/satellite/intl?region=d

https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-323.82,38.62,592

[Achilleaze]

5. Republican support for Russian mayhem is sickening