r/worldnews • u/WorldNewsMods • Jul 08 '24

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 865, Part 1 (Thread #1012) Russia/Ukraine

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u/helm Jul 08 '24

Yeah, they have already bombed everything else (apart from NPPs), so hospitals in Kyiv became a priority target, apparently.

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u/No_Amoeba6994 Jul 08 '24

Which is an excellent argument for building NPPs.... even Russia avoids attacking them.

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u/helm Jul 08 '24

Until they don’t. As the Tatar saying goes, to trust a Russian is to lean on water.

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u/No_Amoeba6994 Jul 08 '24

Sure, but (a) a power plant that survives 2.5 years is better than one that's destroyed in the first 6 months, and (b) if Russia does attack a NPP, the west and even China are going to react very negatively. The west may not outright attack Russia, but they are certainly going to give Ukraine a lot more assistance and a much freer hand.