The present nuclear fear crisis began when there was a strike upon the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Enerhodar, Ukraine, by drones, which led to a fire in the plant's cooling tower. Russia and the Ukraine exchanged blames. Then Russian media alleged that the Ukraine were preparing to attack both the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Enerhodar, Ukraine, and the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in Russia with radioactive warheads. This would create a false flag where Russia would be blamed. The allegations were rejected by the Ukrainians:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/breaking-russian-sources-warn-ukraine-is-planning-detonate/
Then the Russian media claimed that, "Ukrainian forces have begun preparations to target nuclear waste storage sites at a Russian power plant with radioactive warheads and to then blame Moscow." https://www.rt.com/russia/602705-dirty-nuclear-ukraine/
"Ukrainian forces have begun preparations to target nuclear waste storage sites at a Russian power plant with radioactive warheads and to then blame Moscow, according to intelligence received by Russia.
Kiev's forces have already struck the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), Europe's largest, and started a fire at one of the cooling towers, while accusing Russia of bombing itself.
"Sources on the other side report that the [Ukrainians] are preparing a nuclear false flag – an explosion of a dirty atomic bomb," military journalist Marat Khairullin said Friday on his Telegram channel. "They plan to strike the storage sites of spent nuclear fuel of a nuclear power plant."
The special warheads intended for the attack have already been delivered to the Vostochny Mining and Processing plant in Zhovti Vody, in Ukraine's Dnepropetrovsk Region, according to Khairullin.
As possible targets of the attack, Khairullin indicated either the Zaporozhye NPP in Energodar or the Kursk NPP in Kurchatov, noting that the Ukrainian government and its Western backers are "desperate and willing to try anything."
A security official in the Russian Military Administration of Kharkov Region corroborated Khairullin's claim to RIA Novosti on Friday. The attack is intended to use radioactive warheads to target spent fuel storage sites at a nuclear power plant, and the ammunition has already been delivered to Zhovti Vody."
Further, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko saidin an interview with the Russian media that "Such escalation on the part of Ukraine (by invading Kursk) is an attempt to push Russia to asymmetric actions. Well, let's say to use nuclear weapons. I know for sure that Ukraine would be very happy if Russia or we used tactical nuclear weapons there. They will applaud it. Then, probably, we would hardly have allies left. In general, there would be no even sympathetic countries left." https://korybko.substack.com/p/why-might-ukraine-want-russia-to
Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova also accused Ukrainian forces of preparing to attack a Russian nuclear facility in the Kursk region:
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-issues-nuclear-warning-amid-ukraines-kursk-invasion-1940728
A dangerous game of nuclear "chicken" is now being played.