Summary
According to a report, after Russia’s attack on Ukraine, customer inquiries have increased significantly at an American company specializing in the construction of underground bunkers.
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It is now 10 days since Russia launched its attacks on Ukraine. Russia is constantly bombarding Kyiv to capture it. A Ukrainian media report has been quoted as saying that Russia has attacked Ukraine with more than 500 missiles within a week. It is also launching 24 different missiles every day. US and NATO officials have feared that Russia will bomb Ukraine until all cities surrender themselves. Officials said that the death toll of civilians could increase further in the coming days due to Russian air strikes.
Meanwhile, Russia has been continuously promoting that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has fled to Poland to put psychological pressure on Ukraine. While Zelensky has been saying since the outbreak of war that he will not leave Ukraine. Meanwhile, former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azariev has revealed the safe location of Zelensky. The former PM has said that Zelensky is in Kyiv and in a secure bunker. According to him, the nuclear attack on that bunker will not have any effect. Several media reports said thousands of people in Ukraine were hiding in bunkers to escape Russian bombings. Those who could not find a place in the bunkers took shelter in underground metro stations. Thus, it is of interest that After all, how are these bunkers prepared, which can be protected from enemies in times of war?
A hiding place with a military structure is usually called a bunker. Bunkers are often found on the borders, which serve as a barrier and defense of a country from enemy attacks.
Bunkers can protect people against all kinds of hazards such as war, natural disasters, chemicals and radiation. These are usually kept hidden, so that the eyes of enemies do not fall on them.
There have been thousands of bunkers across Europe since the First World War. In the Second World War, when Bombers planes were roaming in the sky as death, then people saved their lives by hiding in these bunkers for many days.
‘Bunkers IRA’
In Europe this time period is also called Bunkers IRA. Not only this, Hitler, the dictator of Germany, was also hiding in a bunker after the defeat. Where he shot himself for fear of coming in the hands of enemies.
How was the word bunker used?
The term ‘bunker’ was reportedly first used in World War II to refer to underground bases of German forces. Until this time, these structures were called ‘dug-outs’ by the British. By World War II, the Germans were building very complex bunkers.
The word bunker was used for the first time by the Allied forces for this German fortification and underground bases. Gradually the term came to be used for such underground bases around the world.
77 years after the second world war, today again such a big war is happening in Europe. In Ukraine, people are once again taking shelter in bunkers. These bunkers were built during the Second World War. Which is now the authority of the government. However, in many media reports it was said that many bunkers have collapsed in Kyiv. Many bunkers are in poor condition due to lack of maintenance for a long time.
How are bunkers made?
A bunker is in a way a house built under the ground. During the World War, people used to build such bunkers behind their houses. Its wall is made of concrete several feet thick or iron several inches thick.
Bunkers capable of accommodating only one or two people are called cuzed. They are also made from concrete. From making arrangements for food and drink, there can be arrangements for toilets and sleeping. In this, ration and weapons can be stored for several days.
Almost every country’s army keeps generators, food stores and ammunition for themselves in bunkers along with many more weapons. Army and governments prepare such bunkers for emergency.
what kind of bunker
The British government has prepared a bunker named Pindar. Which is so big that during the World War, most of the government officials kept their work secretly for a long time.
It is said that there is also an underground bunker in the White House. In 2020, then-President Donald Trump reportedly spent an hour in an underground White House bunker when Black Lives Matter protests intensified in Washington DC.
This bunker, known as the Presidential Emergency Operations Center, was built to protect the President during World War II. It was used especially during the 9/11 attacks.
country of bunkers
There is also a country in the world where bunkers are found every step of the way. The name of this country is Albania where Mother Teresa was born. When Albania’s relations with the Soviet Union deteriorated, its leftist dictator Enver Hoxha was so afraid of enemies that he built bunkers all over the country.
During World War II, the German Nazis built several concrete bunkers up and down the west coasts of Norway and France. 15,000 Nazi bunkers were built along the coast from the Spanish border to northern Norway. From the point of view of coastal security, it was named ‘Atlantic Wall’.
During World War II, Australia built a wartime bunker to protect its people from attack. Several bunkers were built in suburbs such as Glenelg, Anly, Norwood, Prospect, Woodville, Port Adelaide and Thebarton and where telephone networks were also maintained. The government encouraged the construction of such bunkers behind their home to avoid bombing and to hide the residents.
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It is now 10 days since Russia launched its attacks on Ukraine. Russia is constantly bombarding Kyiv to capture it. A Ukrainian media report has been quoted as saying that Russia has attacked Ukraine with more than 500 missiles within a week. It is also launching 24 different missiles every day. US and NATO officials have feared that Russia will bomb Ukraine until all cities surrender themselves. Officials said that the death toll of civilians could increase further in the coming days due to Russian air strikes.
Meanwhile, Russia has been continuously promoting that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has fled to Poland to put psychological pressure on Ukraine. While Zelensky has been saying since the outbreak of war that he will not leave Ukraine. Meanwhile, former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azariev has revealed the safe location of Zelensky. The former PM has said that Zelensky is in Kyiv and in a secure bunker. According to him, the nuclear attack on that bunker will not have any effect.