WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!

 

 

Wake up world! How can we avert a nuclear disaster in Ukraine?

    
By Ariel Ky

Russians are warning the West that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are shelling the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), and are planning an offensive tomorrow (August 19) that could cause a nuclear catastrophe. They are planning to blame this disaster on the Russians.

What a wicked plot! Of course, the Western spin media is presenting the opposite scenario, of the evil Russians bombing the nuclear power plant that they control. It boggles the mind to follow this kind of illogic.

First, you must understand that the Russians have held this nuclear power plant since the special military operation in Ukraine started in February, defending it from attack by Kiev’s forces. Ukrainian technical staff have continued to operate its six nuclear reactors. The Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant is located near the city of Energodar in southern Ukraine.

A UN Security Council held on August 11, 2022, has failed to deter ongoing bombardment by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Vassily Nebenzia, Russia’s ambassador to the UNO, told the Security Council that Kiev’s “reckless” actions are pushing the world ever closer to a major nuclear disaster.

The site was shelled in early March, and before and after the meeting on July 20, with attacks intensifying this month, August 5, 7, 12, 14, 16 and 17, 2022. The attack on August 17 hit the cooling system and spent fuel storage at the Zaporozhe Power Plant. Ukrainian troops have also been shelling the adjacent city of Energodar in August, causing power outages and disruptions of water supply to the Zaporozhe Nuclear Power Plant.

“In the result of such attacks one reactor unit was disconnected from the electrical grid, triggering its emergency protection system and setting generators into operation to ensure power supply. There was also shelling in a nitrogen-oxygen station.”

IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi said that he was aware of reports of missiles flying over nuclear power plants in Ukraine and was checking to be "100% sure", but if confirmed it would be "extremely serious … I have been saying from the first day of this crisis that the physical integrity of nuclear facilities is an absolute must".

The international community knows that any attack on any type of nuclear power plant could lead to a regional and global disaster caused by radioactive contamination, such as happened with Chernoybl. If Zaporozhe gets hit by multiple launch rocket systems, Vladimir Kuznetsov, a former chief inspector of the USSR’s nuclear authority told the press, nuclear radiation could spread to nine countries. Dr. Vladimir Kozin added that could be eleven countries, depending on the direction of the wind.

Kozin further wrote, “On August 16, local government administration member Vladimir Rogov told Russian media that Ukrainian forces had fired multiple rockets directly at the coolant systems and nuclear waste storage site inside the facility. Since the storage site is out in the open, any hit would result in the release of nuclear waste ranging from dozens to hundreds of kilograms and lead to contamination of the area, the official explained.”

In order to stop these attacks, Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, and IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi must unequivocally demand that Kiev stop shelling Zaporozhe. Thus far, they have failed to do so, deliberately avoiding any confrontation with Zelensky as being responsible.

Ukrainian Armed Forces have also attacked the Kakhovskaya Hydroelectic Power Station (KHPS) located on the Russian territory proper that supplies electricity to Kakhovka Nuclear Power Plant, clearly aiming to destroy it by cutting off electricity to it.

What are the motives of the Zelensky regime in attempting to destroy energy infrastructure, exposing millions of people on the European continent to the danger of a nuclear cataclysm? The Russian Foreign Ministry has been analyzing this question.

Perhaps Zelensky was wielding a kind of nuclear terrorism against Europe and Russia. Or he and his U.S. collaborators intend to create a DMZ around the ZNPP that will be solely controlled by Ukraine, dislodging the Russians.

Moscow actually supports a DMZ zone, but says that it should mean a total ban on shelling by any nation, and not just in Ukraine, but also a ban on shelling nuclear power plants everywhere on the globe.

Today, August 18, 2022, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov made the following statement concerning Kiev’s plans to destroy Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP):

“On August 19, 2022 the Kiev regime is preparing another provocation at Zaporozhye NPP during the visit of UN Secretary-General António Guterres to Ukraine, as a result of which the Russian Federation will be blamed for creating a man-made disaster at the power plant. According to Russian intelligence, the 44th Artillery Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are planning to launch military strikes on Zaporozhye from firing positions in Nikopol.