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I'm not suggesting ideas, but how does the Russian military not have some nuclear engineers that could do this?  I'm not saying they are huge supply in any military, but it seems like after a year there's bound to be some that could have been reassign.  I understand not all tasks are the same but even so.
Kidnapping and forcing nuclear plant workers to work for you is a Really Bad Idea ⟨™⟩. >

Why? The plant is in someone else's country, not mine.
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Such wind; much proжimity >

Russia evidently can't learn a lesson, no matter how devastating it was the first time around.
And this time there's no semi-competent leader to order what is necessary to keep it from becoming an international disaster. >

Putin's playing with nuclear fire. >

At some point he will make such a mistake that it will trigger a NATO intervention. He won't stop until it happens anyways. In a way that will be a way for him to not lose face. >

If NATO has to intervene because of a nuclear power plant meltdown then this won't be pretty for anyone involved. Last time we had seen that it nearly brought down USSR to bankruptcy on top of emitting enough radiation that decades later still affect farms all the way in UK. 
We weren't far from this incident growing to a scale when not 50000 people were evacuated but millions would be at risk of having to relocate (Chernobyl was worst case scenario for the reactor but the way it was handled was surprisingly competent for Russians, they accidentally sent one man who could actually see through bullshit and cared, I doubt they have many like that left by now).  
So let's hope it doesn't come to that. >

I understand attempts are being made to keep it secure and cooled, however I do not trust Russia. Noone should trust Russia. You may want to read the novel 'The Warning.' (Mike Gray, Ira Rosen) There are plenty of ways for conventional nuclear reactors to fail and release radiation. We had several oopses where human intervention took the wrong action when the automated systems were the better course of action, before Three Mile Island. Imagine an intentional sabotage instead.
Even a modest meltdown may trigger NATO escalation and I really don't want a nuclear war fuse to be lit. I'm in a pretty bad spot for a nuke and it wouldn't be over in a blink.
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i live in a capital, wont notice a thing. >

A year later and those Ukrainian engineers are still not cooperating with the Russians. It's a testament of the limits of the nuclear engineer labour market that they are still alive. All they have been doing is kidnapping and threatening them. >

Even a stupid bandit knows not to kill the last doctor in the area. >

stop insulting bandits, they are smarter than your average russian army. >

"We have captured Chernobyl!  Time to dig some defensive trenches in that shockingly desolate field over there!" >

These barrels are warm, let's use them to stay warm at night! >

They can also be used to keep our food warm! >

What a short sighted and incredibly stupid risky thing to do, like invading in the first place. >

"But all the top guys said it was a good idea when I asked them!" 
-Putin, Right after throwing his 47th dissenter out the window >

Pretty sure kidnapping is a war crime, but does anyone still think Russia cares about it at this point? >

Nah. They are just "deporting" them into a new country. >

Which is specifically also a war crime. >

War crimes really don't matter to Russia, Belarus, China, Iran, Turkey, or India apparently. >

Lol it looks like that because the war crimes done by US is 2-3 times of all the above list combined.
Also coz US Army is outside the jurisdiction of ICJ court. They literally threatened to attack them if they put any case on a US soldier. >

I don't think many pay attention to international politics and the destruction of other countries laid out by the United States, there is very little coverage of American-perpetrated war crimes (outside WikiLeaks). Iraq and Syria come specifically to mind (not even Canada has clean hands here). >

Yes, it is clear from the downvotes here that many of them are US users. 
Either they're oblivious to US Army's/CIA/Intelligence agencies activities or are willfully sweeping this opinion under the rug just like they do to their war crimes.
I'm still waiting for them to dispute my statements factually, instead of upvoting you and downvoting me. >

I think the difference is definitely coverage and a significant amount of US atrocities are anecdotal/of limited evidence. It's definitely there, but not as well-known or readily available. 
Russia on the otherhand, they aren't trying to hide their war crimes, nor do they even care about the Geneva Convention, nor have any disregard for human life, civilian or military. >

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 54%. (I'm a bot)


The National Resistance Center reports new cases of kidnappings among the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant workers who do not agree to sign contracts with a fake company from Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear regulator.
Quote: "Many workers refused to work at the station after the occupation, and currently there is a shortage of workers at the station because there are not so many nuclear workers on the labour market. Therefore, the enemy wants to"convince" Ukrainian power engineers to work for the Russians.
The Center reiterated that the occupiers had previously blocked access to the station for nearly 1,500 Ukrainian workers of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.


Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: work^#1 Russians^#2 Nuclear^#3 Power^#4 station^#5 >

you didn't see graphite!!
it's just missile debris
BACK TO WORK!
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i know, i know, we shouldn't joke. let's just hope they don't fuck up....
anymore than they have done thus far. >

Ugh, its a good reference. >

Man they are really digging into the WW2 playbook right now >

Chapter 4, Section 8. Kidnapping 101: How to abduct people and make them do what you want to >

So now Russia is taking slaves? >

That's not really a new thing.