Quote (kusotarre1 @ Sep 12 2022 04:15pm)
The Kryvyi Rih power plant wasn't taken offline. The article says operations continued normally. That's because Russia did not try to take it out. We now see what happens when they try to take out a power plant: They drop a Kalibr right into the guts of it and it goes offline.
ZNPP, on the other hand, is down to a single operating reactor, and just two days ago that had to stop temporarily because the Ukrainians have continued to shell it.
I'm going to stop responding, here, because I see how pointless it is arguing with someone like you. The simple truth of this matter, I'll repeat this last time, is that Russia has allowed all critical civilian infrastructure in Ukraine to operate normally throughout the entire duration of this conflict. At any time of their choosing, as the strikes yesterday show, they have the ability to take everything offline. Clearly and obviously, the only correct conclusion is that Russia doesn't target civilian infrastructure, until yesterday, still on a very limited scale.
Failing to knock it out of commission doesn't ameliorate the orc's conduct. You have no idea what Russia did or did not TRY to do. All we have is what they DID do.
They "drop a Kalibr right into the guts" ...and commit war crimes by targeting civilian infrastructure.
If you think the Ukrainians are
trying to shell ZNPP and set off a nuclear holocaust on their own soil, rather than trying to shell the orcs occupying the area, we aren't having an honest discussion.
And Ukraine has continued to allow Russian pipelines to deliver gas through their territory. Funny how no one ever worries about those being hit. And lastly, I really can't be asked to accept your summary dismissal of attacks on rail stations as being automatically legitimate militarily, so yeah, they've been targeting civilian infrastructure all along. At least as early as the Toshka-U attack on Kramatorsk, much less the cyber attempts to knock out the grid.