note: ukrainians can just mine all that equipment at their convenience, they hold ground there. in case of any risk of russian approach they can just blow it up to smithereens, because contract for transit through this pipeline ends this december, neither side wants to extend it, and the only side effect is hungary going without gas supply - and it’s closed already anyway
Mastodon thread about it: https://infosec.exchange/@littlealex/112925288375029203
note: ukrainians can just mine all that equipment at their convenience, they hold ground there. in case of any risk of russian approach they can just blow it up to smithereens, because contract for transit through this pipeline ends this december, neither side wants to extend it, and the only side effect is hungary going without gas supply - and it’s closed already anyway
If they do that, they get on the bad side of all the countries that depend on that gas.
But, if it’s destroyed by Russian artillery as the Russians try to re-take the territory, the blame falls on the Russians.
that’d be mostly slovakia and austria
There’s no way they actually occupy it long-term. They only deployed a couple battalions worth of troops. But it does send a strong message.
And serves as plausible reason that it gets “accidentally” destroyed in a retreat.
They would definitely have good reasons to hide endless mines that could destroy it from a distance
Makes Russia defend their whole border instead of just inside Ukraine.
That was super helpful