A perfect storm is hitting Ukraine, as political, battlefield, financial, and infrastructural pressure mount to unprecedented levels since the war began. Full grid collapse is now on the table. It’s just a question of if the Russians will choose to pull the plug.
Maeve - 3w
15 hours a day in Kyiv is wild.
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cfgaussian - 3w
Yeah. Russia is walking a pretty fine line here, between keeping the Ukrainian military industry and transport network at a very dysfunctional level, while not causing an outright humanitarian crisis for the civilian population (the Kiev regime is already doing that with all the forcible conscriptions).
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Maeve - 3w
The whole thing is a mess that could have easily been avoided but power sees humans as expendable. I remember when that realization hit, I was thinking about chess and pawns, and perpetual war IRL.
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cfgaussian - 3w
And on the front lines the situation is even more dire. Just to give you an impression, this is the thumbnail for the most recent video of one of the main mapping channels for this conflict:
cfgaussian in ukraine_war_news
Evaluating Ukraine's energy crisis
https://www.amerikanets.com/p/blackout15 hours a day in Kyiv is wild.
Yeah. Russia is walking a pretty fine line here, between keeping the Ukrainian military industry and transport network at a very dysfunctional level, while not causing an outright humanitarian crisis for the civilian population (the Kiev regime is already doing that with all the forcible conscriptions).
The whole thing is a mess that could have easily been avoided but power sees humans as expendable. I remember when that realization hit, I was thinking about chess and pawns, and perpetual war IRL.
And on the front lines the situation is even more dire. Just to give you an impression, this is the thumbnail for the most recent video of one of the main mapping channels for this conflict: