The Infrastructure War

Map of western portion of Nord Stream Pipeline

A week or so ago, somebody blew up the undersea pipeline that used to supply Germany with natural gas from Russia until Russia turned off the taps. So the pipeline wasn't actually piping anything at the time. Germany apparently thinks thinking positive thoughts are going to keep them warm this winter. Meanwhile, Germans are busy cutting down all the trees, digging up all the coal and burning all their trash to keep warm. And it's only October.

Satellite Image of Crimea Bridge

A couple of days some troglodyte set off a bomb on the Crimea Bridge causing some damage and some disruption to traffic. Also killed three people who were unlucky enough to be passing the truck when it blew up. No mention of the truck driver.

Ukraine War Hot Spots

Top to bottom: Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Plant, Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, Mariupol, Crimea Bridge, Sevastopol Naval Base

Yesterday, Russia attacked Zaporizhzhia with a bunch of missiles. Ukraine, naturally, complained that the missiles landed in a residential part of town and killed a dozen people. Thought that was a little odd. Why are they attacking this town which doesn't seem to be involved in the latest fighting? So I look and here's what I find.

Dnipro Hydroelectric Station

A giant freaking dam and power plant. The dam was built in the 1920's. Look what happened to it when the Nazi's tried to cross the Dniper river in 1942.

The dam at Zaporizhzhya after being blown up by Stalin's secret police in 1941. 

The Russian's blew it up. I suspect the Russian's were trying to repeat this event with their missiles. It might impact the water supply to Crimea which would be bad for Russia. Or maybe they were really trying to blow up apartment buildings and weren't trying to hit the dam.