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Russian Missile Hits 900 Feet from Nuke Reactor
With little else to lose, Moscow seems determined to take us all into its sad abyss
On Monday night, as the Buffalo Bills were crushing the Tennessee Titans, Russia’s military was shooting missiles at Ukraine’s infrastructure. This time, a powerful missile landed 900 feet from the main reactors of Ukraine’s second largest nuclear power station.
900 feet is considered a good parking spot at the average supermarket in the U.S. 900 feet is way too close for comfort.
Ukrainian officials on Monday condemned what they called a Russian rocket attack near the country’s second-largest nuclear plant, as authorities continued exhuming bodies from a mass gravesite in Izyum and fighting continued in the nearby Lyman area. The explosion came after Russian President Vladimir Putin warned of increased attacks on critical infrastructure (Kyiv Condemns Nuclear Plant Shelling).
Putin, incapable of fielding not just a functioning army but one where the soldiers are not conscripted against their will from prisons, has few options minus going full out nuclear.
The sickly monster from Moscow is now playing the spoiler. He promises to wreck mercilessly the infrastructure of the Ukrainian nation — to make sure this winter will be…