Ukraine for the first time has deliberately targeted and struck the power plant in Belgorod after President Zelensky warned the Russians that if they continue targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure then Ukraine would have to respond.

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1. “Ukraine is long past the time to do it. This is a bloody war. You can’t fight it in velvet gloves and ignore civilian infrastructure when the other side razes everything to the ground and doesn’t give a fuck about anything or anyone. Electricity and oil. Nothing has changed since 1939.” -BlueShadowBroker

2. About time , winters on it’s way Moscow could be freezing without power or gas ⛽️

3. Good, hit Moscow next 🙏🇺🇦👍🏻

4. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

5. I mean it’s a power plant in a frontline province, it helps to run Russia’s invasion, it’s a fair target by long-standing convention if not by stated treaty.

   It’s worth noting that by the same token, Russia striking Ukrainian power plants has not in and of itself been among the Russian actions that observers find most reprehensible. The difference is that Russia has not limited itself to “dual-use” targets such as rail, fuel, air, industrial, and power infrastructure — they have *also* targeted purely civilian infrastructure such as electrical substations, not to mention unleashing vastly destructive forces such as their destruction of the Kakhovka Dam and threatening nuclear reactor meltdown.

   In addition to the great heaping pile of more obvious atrocities that Russia has also perpetrated.

   Ukraine continues to its laser-like focus on targets of military significance. Russian rear echelon military forces operating out of Belgorod are going to be directly impeded by this strike, resorting to generator power that will put an increasing strain on the already stretched fuel supply.

   I’m sure many Russian civilians will find this inconvenient, but if pure civilian misery were Ukraine’s actual goal, they would have made different targeting decisions long ago.

   And, frankly, probably have done much more poorly as a result. Russia’s decisions have not just been enormous crimes, but also an enormous mistake.

6. Good.
   It’s about time. Let the Russians freeze.

   No oil or gas or electricity? Winter is coming?
   Fun times!

7. The key thing to keep in mind is unlike Ukraine, Russia has may more electrical generation and distribution targets and has far fewer options to import electricity from Europe.

   Take out a certain fraction of the supply to Moscow in the middle of winter and bad things will happen.

8. Russia has attacked ked enough civilian structures for Ukraine to just make these power plants a target

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