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  WASHINGTON - Russian and Ukrainian forces fought on Thursday for control of Chernobyl, the still radioactive site of the world's worst nuclear accident and a factor in the collapse of the Soviet Union. "Our defenders are giving their lives so that the tragedy of 1986 will not be repeated," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy tweeted before the defunct nuclear power plant, scene of a deadly fire and explosion in 1986, was captured by Russian forces. But why would anyone want an inoperative power plant surrounded by miles of radioactive land? The answer is geography: Chernobyl sits on the shortest route from Belarus to Kyiv, Ukrainian's capital, and so runs along a logical line of attack for the Russian forces invading Ukraine. In seizing Chernobyl, Western military analysts said Russia was simply using the fastest invasion route from Belarus, an ally of Moscow and a staging ground for Russian troops, to Kyiv. To be continue HERE ! [Source: Reuters - 2...

  Russia-Ukraine crisis has developed as all the Western politics establishment seems have called for it by threatening Russia to have englobed Ukraine into NATO which 60% are of Russians origins that’s why it was a no-winning gamble from the 'allies’ so why pushed for it ...   KIEV - Because let's face it, that is what a lot of people are understandably asking and thinking in the light of the Kremlin's recent actions over Ukraine - actions and statements that have triggered a deluge of denouncements and sanctions from the West. However, the situation on the Russia-Ukraine border is right now, it does not currently involve a direct military confrontation between NATO and Russia. In fact, when the US and Britain watched in dismay as Russia built up a force capable of invading Ukraine, they swiftly pulled out their small number of military trainers and advisers. "That's a world war when Americans and Russians start shooting at each other," said US Pre...