Bear with me here, but only malice or incompetence could explain this choice by the US.<p>If Russia bombs Ukraine, they will claim it is a false flag op by the US. (They'll have an almost fair point too after Nord Stream, but that's neither here nor there.) These sensors controlled by the US and inevitably reported on by the US administration and the same "independent media" which submits their questions to the White House in advance will be of exactly zero value in disproving this allegation.<p>Why the flying fuck would they not at least proxy this setup through a nominally independent NGO?! Market it as combined NATO op? Something, anything.
> In part, the goal is to make sure that if Russia detonates a radioactive weapon on Ukrainian soil, its atomic signature and Moscow’s culpability could be verified,<p>Hypocrisy is on US and NATO, US has long had nuclear weapons stationed in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Türkiye. And only Washington carried atomic bombings strikes in world history and that resulted in suffering of the Japanese people from of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.<p>The US Energy Department is spending around $160 million this year on nuclear precautions in Ukraine and has requested a similar amount of funding for the purpose in 2024.