“Russia is most definitely NOT forbidding an international inspection. See post 3 above for what the Russians are actually doing.”
The inspection was scheduled to take four days. Russia said “Nyet!” and said it would only allow one day. Your comment on post #3 ignored that fact completely. Why?
Moreover, one day is not enough time to make any kind of meaningful inspection; hence, my comment that it is pretty much a prohibition on any substantive inspection.
“Moreover, one day is not enough time to make any kind of meaningful inspection”
From the article:
“so experts can assess the damage and evaluate working conditions of the Ukrainian staff continuing to keep the facility operational”
If that takes more than 3 hours, they are, each and every one of them...stupid.
It’s a media/political exercise.
THE ONLY RELEVANT QUESTIONS ARE WHO IS LOBBING ARTILLERY ONTO THE GROUNDS AND IS RUSSIA USING IT AS A FIRE BASE? DOES IT STORE MUNITIONS? And it is leaking radioactive anywhere? (they already know it is not).
If I was the Russian decider, I would tell them to get lost.