By John Wayne on Thursday, 11 August 2022
Category: Race, Culture, Nation

Is Blowing Up a Nuclear Power Station a Good Idea? By Richard Miller (London)

If this item is to be believed, and it may well be wartime propaganda, but for what it is worth, it seems that the Russian forces are threatening to blow up a Ukrainian nuclear power station. Apparently, if this is a real threat and not a bluff, it will be even worse than Chernobyl. If so, radioactivity will be blowing Putin’s way. Thus, I suspect that the report could be false news, but it is a scenario frighteningly enough to consider. 

 

 

https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/08/08/russians-threaten-to-blow-up-nuclear-power-plant-in-case-of-ukrainian-advances/

“Russians laid explosive mines in Zaporizhzhia NPP in Enerhodar, threatening to blow it up, Ukraine’s state nuclear agency Energoatom said.

“Here will be either Russian land or a desert. The nuclear power plant will be either Russian or no one’s,” commander of the Russian garrison at NPP, head of Russia’s radiation, chemical, and biological forces major-general Valeriy Vasilyev said in a statement that was later deleted, Energoatom reported.

“As you know, we have planted mines in all the important facilities of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. And we do not hide this from the enemy. We warned them. The enemy knows that the plant will be either Russian – or no one’s. We are ready for the consequences of this step. And you, warriors-liberators should understand that there is no other option. And in case of receiving the most severe order, we must fulfill it with honor!” Vasilyev is said to have stated, addressing his statement to the Russian occupiers whom Russian propaganda calls liberators.

We could not confirm whether the statement indeed belongs to Vasilyev or find its original place of publication.

Energoatom said in April that Valeriy Vasilyev became in charge of the Russian troops in Energodar in late March, and that the occupiers started forcefully dispersing peaceful protests in support of Ukraine under his command.

Russia has not officially reacted to Energoatom’s statement. Russia’s Ministry of Defense names Igor Kirillov as the head of Russia’s radiation, chemical, and biological forces, not Valeriy Vasilyev. This is why Russian Telegram channels say Energoatom’s statement is fake.

The representative of the press service of Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Defense Andriy Yusov reported that the department had confirmed information about Russian troops mining the ZNPP power units, Energoatom said.

The Zaporizhzhia NPP has been at the center of attention in recent days.

 

 

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