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IAEA have has said that the Chernobyl monitoring systems have stopped working
When did this happen? Shit is worrying as hell
Ukraine and the Russian invasion, 2022-24
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When did this happen? Shit is worrying as hell
Cid
Proper break this time
Bingoman
Well-Known Member
I saw it the Sky news website and it is on Twitter too
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Russian response to the MiG fiasco?
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
It went out a couple of hours ago on an IAEA press release:
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
IAEA loses contact with safeguards monitoring systems at Chernobyl
Systems monitoring nuclear material at the radioactive waste facilities at Chernobyl in Ukraine, which were taken over by Russian forces last month, have stopped transmitting data to the U.N. nuclear watchdog, it said on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Russian tanks?
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
I meant anything that could blow up and cause another disaster?
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
I also don't think that Putin has any particular interest in (further) irradiating his desired prize. What would be the point of that?
If the loss of contact is because of Russian action, then I reckon it's more an attempt to spread fear.
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
nothing that could blow up, but there is a lot of waste materials still there
Cid
Proper break this time
Hmm... There is still dangerous shit in there, that's what the new containment bunker was made for. I believe water ingress can be really bad.
ohmyliver
poppin' like a cork
Russian tank gun shells?
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
Are they still monitoring Zaporizhzhia though? This is the active nuclear plant that Russian forces captured on 4 March, and last I read they hadn't let the staff leave so everyone is exhausted on 12 hour shifts.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
When they did this against Nazi Germany the German franchise invented Fanta...
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Well, a definite case of 'nous sommes tous des casseurs'
Bingoman
Well-Known Member
Guess he womt be holidaying here anytime soon
rekil
to menny cranks
Please please falkirk gardeners, don't have any problematic past issues.
Scots gardeners holed up in Ukrainian bunker after coming under fire
Joseph McCarthy and Gary Taylor sheltered with local Ukrainian family after being shot at and robbed.
Hailed as heroes – Scottish gardeners who rescued trio from Ukraine
Joe McCarthy and Gary Taylor were held at gunpoint by Russians before successfully evacuating Irish woman and Nigerian men
'Spirits are high' as Irish student nears end of journey out of Ukraine
A rescue attempt by two Scottish volunteer drivers was halted on Sunday when they were stopped and turned back at gunpoint by Russian soldiers in the area
www.irishexaminer.com
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
I heard the first 10 minutes when I was in the car and thought the same. Don't know how much difference the theatre of talking to MPs in the (virtual) flesh would have made, but the drama and urgency was (literally) lost in translation. His structuring the whole thing around 'on day 1 this happened...' didn't really work either. But on the translator/translation issue, don't know why he didn't deliver it in English as he's fluent.
Don't think it will make much difference either way with regard to stiffening sanctions and providing further support. It just didn't have quite the 'impact' you'd imagine.
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
My guess would be partly that Poland doesn't want to give them directly to Ukraine, lest Putin perceive that to be an act of war or something on Poland's part - him being less likely to go to war against US for donating Migs to Ukraine.i don't understand this. Poland is giving fighter planes to America, in Gernmany, and then America will give them to Ukraine, and give other planes to Poland to pay them back.
Why is this a cunning plan what is the thing i'm not understanding?
Another reason, I'd guess, would be that Ukrainian pilots are trained to fly Migs, so if they've given Migs, they could fly them. But if the US wanted to give them F-22s or whatevers or EU wanted to give them Eurofighters, the Ukrainian pilots wouldn't necessarily be able to just jump in and take off?
So if Poland gives its Migs to US, which gives them to Ukraine, then Poland gets planes off the US in return, which it then has time to train pilots to fly.
That's my guesswork.
gosub
~#
Thats harsh
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
IAEA have has said that the Chernobyl monitoring systems have stopped working
I read that as IKEA, and thought WTF has it got to do with them.
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
Your not the only one.I read that as IKEA, and thought WTF has it got to do with them.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
There's more on that here -
US rejects Poland’s offer to send MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine
Pentagon says Polish proposal to transfer Soviet-era planes to Kyiv via US base in Germany is not tenable.
The suggestion in that article, is that the US was taken by surprise by the announcement from Poland, which strikes me as a bloody odd move by Poland, if it's true.
There's been reports that the US has been pushing Poland to supply these fighter jets and that they would back fill their needs with replacement jets, so I am wondering if it has more to do with the suggestion of transferring them to a US base in Germany, and Germany telling them to piss right off.
Germany was very slow in stepping up and finally suppling some defensive weapons to Ukraine, so it would be understandable if they didn't want their territory used in the supply of these fighters, for fear of an attack, or more likely Russia shutting off gas supplies, which they have been threatening anyway.
It appears to be a complete bloody mess, with reports last week saying they would be supplied followed by a swift U-turn, and now the same again, it's really not fair on the Ukrainians, raising their hopes only to dash them again.
bimble
floofy
That whole plane thing is very odd and looks like the kind of diplomatic fuckup that really should have happened in private. The announcement on the Polish gov website is still there but it could be read as being an offer, pressure on the US, rather than a promised plan of action. Statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland in connection with the statement by the US Secretary of State on providing airplanes to Ukraine - Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Poland - Gov.pl website
eta our defence secretary is a danger. From cupid_stunt 's article
"British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said his country would stand by Poland if it handed over the jets, noting that it could face the “direct consequence” of its decision. "And so we would protect Poland, we’ll help them with anything that they need,” Wallace said on Sky News.
wtf is he actually saying there.
eta our defence secretary is a danger. From cupid_stunt 's article
"British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said his country would stand by Poland if it handed over the jets, noting that it could face the “direct consequence” of its decision. "And so we would protect Poland, we’ll help them with anything that they need,” Wallace said on Sky News.
wtf is he actually saying there.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
TBF, if Poland does decide they will supply the jets, directly or indirectly, that's actually what both the UK & the rest of NATO would have to do, they couldn't just sit back and watch a Russian attack on Poland, so there would have to be a guarantee of support.
And, that's probably the sticking point here, as it doesn't appear that NATO is united on this.
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