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Tomconroy

(7,611 posts) Fri Nov 25, 2022, 04:55 AM Nov 2022

Day 3 of the Kyiv blackout:

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Day 3 of the Kyiv blackout: (Original Post) Tomconroy Nov 2022 OP

Blackout? This is a siege. wnylib Nov 2022 #1

It's the only way... 2naSalit Nov 2022 #2

Ukraine Under Nuke Bluster Squeaky41 Nov 2022 #3

You seem to have missed a little news. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2022 #4

wnylib

(21,731 posts)

1. Blackout? This is a siege.

Reply to Tomconroy (Original post)

Fri Nov 25, 2022, 07:20 AM

Nov 2022

It is a modern version of a Medieval castle siege when entire villages took refuge behind castle walls and enemy armies surrounded them, cutting them off from food, water, and fuel (wood) to force them to surrender.