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Moscow may decide to purposefully engineer a malfunctioning of key safety systems or strike parts of the facility to release radioactive material into the surrounding areas,
The fact that the facility is on the front line of a military conflict and is already operating under exceptional stress – to its key operating systems (namely, water and electricity supply) as well as to its Ukrainian staff (who have faced harassment and are working in an active warzone) – also means that it would be relatively easy for Russia to write off an engineered incident as a no-fault accident or to place blame on the Ukrainian military or personnel,
These reactors are not covered with any protective shells. They just stand in an ordinary building that could house the workshop of another facility. They have no core melt trap. They are very dangerous old reactors, and Russia is the only country in the world where they are still operating,
Also we should bear in mind that even if the nuclear plant is not yet directly threatened, the energy system in the south of Russia has already been subjected to quite serious damage. And this may aggravate the situation,
It is only fair to destroy Russian terrorists where they are, where they launch their strikes from,
he said in his nightly address The main task, of course, is for the defence ministry to squeeze out, to knock out the enemy from our territories, ... The enemy will certainly receive a worthy response.”
Putin said, adding ... Zelenski Russia brought war to others, and now it is coming home.”
We continue to conduct an offensive operation in the Kursk region. Currently, we control about 1,000 square kilometres of the territory of the Russian Federation,
Ukraine’s top commander Oleksandr Syrskyi told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a video briefing that was posted on Zelenskiy’s Telegram account