Russian Drone Damages Radiation Shield at Chernobyl, Ukraine Says Russia’s military used a drone with a high-explosive warhead to hit the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine overnight, damaging the protective shelter that prevents radiation leaks, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said on Friday. In a post on social media, Mr. Zelensky called the damage “significant” but said that there were no signs of increased radiation at the plant, the site of the worst nuclear accident in history. Denys Shmyhal, the Ukrainian prime minister, said Friday morning that emergency crews had extinguished a fire at the site. A Kremlin spokesman denied that Russia had attacked the plant. The structure that was damaged was designed to seal in vast quantities of radioactive isotopes from the fire and meltdown in 1986 at Chernobyl’s Reactor No. 4, and was intended to last generations. https://dnyuz.com/2025/02/14/russian-drone-damages-radiation-shield-at-chernobyl-ukraine-says/
Never said anyone was winning only that Russia has lost because pu's winning objective was to take Kiev. Has not been done and his greatest fear still exist, democracy in Ukraine and at his border still. Without taking Kiev and Ukraine, 100% loss for Putin. It's not NATO he fears most its democracy at his doorsteps.
Interested where you got this incorrect piece of information. The rest is just random conjecture with nothing to back it. NATO is and always has been the issue. You don’t have to LoVe pUtIn!!! to listen to him when he tells you exactly why he does what he does.
Just my opinion that when he decided to invade Ukraine after easily taking Crimea that his objective was to topple Zelensky, take Kiev and pint his own gov control in. Sure he doesn't like NATO being so close with especially now that Sweden & Finland are NATO members. He knows that by negotiating his way out through trump, is a loss, especially since there will be a democratic multi nation security force in Ukraine. "Kyiv is the cradle of Slavic civilization and one of the most ancient, majestic, and beautiful cities of Europe. For good reasons, Honore de Balzac called it the Eternal City, Northern Rome. Not every European capital can be proud of such a long history and so many cultural landmarks." Huge trade routes as well. Of course he will now say he never intended to take the whole country and replace the gov in Kiev, only just protect Donbas's and hold on to Crimea, which should have never happened under Obama and NATO.
But you do have to LoVe pUtIn!!! to take everything he says at face value and repeat it as if it was gospel. barfo
No idea what you are talking about. "Verbatim quote" is redundant, so I guess you are trying to say Putin really really did say something? I know Putin says stuff. The question is why you believe the stuff he says unquestioningly. barfo
Republicans wanted an incompetent drunk as Defense Secretary and they got one. Unfortunately the rest of us have him too.
While my disgust grows exponentially every single day, so does my optimism. At this rate, the 2026 mid term elections should be a Democratic blowout. But then, there really is no fixing stupid......so we just have to hope the idiot half of America stays home in 2026.......but how ANY American with even a single shred of intelligence should be appalled by the shit show unfolding. Those who aren't will be losers under any political regime......
Finland president urges Europe to firm up Ukraine’s hand for US-sought talks with Russia to end war MUNICH (AP) — Finland’s president on Sunday urged the rearming of Ukraine and putting “maximum pressure on Russia” through sanctions and asset freezes in the lead-up to possible negotiations sought by the U.S. on ending the war. The comments by Alexander Stubb came as France was set to host a meeting to help firm up Europe’s answer to assertive American diplomacy. “The first phase is the pre-negotiation, and this is a moment when we need to rearm Ukraine and put maximum pressure on Russia, which means sanctions, which means frozen assets, so that Ukraine begins these negotiations from a position of strength,” he said. Read More
He was losing until Trump and the Republicans decided to stop helping Ukraine. They still have NATO's help which I am glad to see. But, Trump is trying to gift Ukraine to Russia. We should not be letting Russia expand. Putin won't stop at Ukraine.
