(10-22-2022, 09:39 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: So, let's get into some speculation here.  All opinions welcome.

 The Russians are evacuating civilians from Kherson, supposedly to protect them from the coming battle.  But some people have speculated that if the Russians get all the civilians out of Kherson, and then if the Russian army loses the battle for Kherson and they have to evacuate and give up the city, that they will either blow up the hydroelectric dam and flood the city, or they will nuke the city.

My bet would be, if the Ukrainian army is occupying the city, the Russians blow up the dam and flood the city.  There's a small chance, though, that they will nuke the city after the Ukrainian army occupies it.

I thought you said I didn't know what I was talking about when I told you this battle was coming.

Unknown who is truthful here.

Ukraine bombed the bridge with civilians on it, killing a kid and others.
Ukraine says Russia is/has mined the dam.
Russia is saying the opposite.
Ukraine is attacking from the north, above the dam. This is said to be because they want Russia to respond and cause damage to the dam or Ukraine can then blow the dam and kill the Russians while blaming them for hitting the dam.
Russia says they are removing civilians to fortify the city.

Ukraine has the numbers in the area but they would be committing a ton of troops when they can't spare them. They have mercenaries there leading the troops but they still will struggle to win the battle if Russia commits resources like they say they will. Russia still has the air and long range weapons advantage. The Russian reinforcements are arriving and just depends on what their strategy is.


Meanwhile the rest of the country is having infrastructure bombed daily. They have rolling blackouts, reduced capacity, etc. Ukraine also sells power to other EU countries so that lost capacity will hurt them.

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