Zelensky says Russian forces started fire at Russian-controlled nuclear plant in southern Ukraine

CNN ^ | 8/11/24 | Mariya Knight

[hardspunned]

Russian forces started a fire at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Telegram post Sunday.

Zelensky posted a video showing a large plume of smoke coming out of one of the towers on the plant’s territory. He said radiation indicators were normal but blamed Russia for using the nuclear plant “to blackmail Ukraine, and all of Europe and the world.”

“We are waiting for the reaction of the world, we are waiting for the reaction of the IAEA,” he said, referring to the International Atomic Energy Agency. “Russia must be responsible for this.”

[hardspunned]

Thought I’d post this for comic relief during these tense times. “Burning old tires in the cooling tower”, Har, har, har! Maybe they ran out of coal and decided to make these heating towers.

[Alter Kaker]

Cooling towers contain... water. There’s nothing to burn there unless someone puts something flammable (like tires, which the Russians seem to have piled up) in one. Why would the Russians light a bunch of tires inside a nuclear plant’s cooling tower?

[AndyJackson]

Same Ruzzian idiots who blew up their own oil pipeline. [ AJ shuffling along whistling in the wind]

[butlerweave]

I was wondering when Russia would do something like this but I thought they would BLOW IT UP

[rxh4n1]

“I was wondering when Russia would do something like this but I thought they would BLOW IT UP”

Why would they contaminate their own territory? Hate them if you like, but even they are not that stupid.

[rxh4n1]

““We are waiting for the reaction of the world”

We are waiting for NATO to save our worthless hides.

[Carl Vehse]

The two cooling towers are at position 11 next to the cooling pond (10), and, some distance away are the six nuclear reactors at positions 1-6.

[Socon-Econ]

A repeat of Russia’s phony destruction its own pipeline.

[bgill]

Sick and tired of those two. Like little kids in the back seat of the car. He touched me! No, he touched me first! Just stop already.

[Kazan]

Sure and Russia destroyed its own Nord Stream pipelines.

What kind of numbskull would believe this or even repeat such a unbelievable lie? Well, maybe, Tim Walz.

Ukrainian drones attacked this plant.

Zelensky, Ukraine and/or their NATO masters are so desperate that they tried to cause a nuclear meltdown.

[KSCITYBOY]

The need to call the Bullshit War all Propaganda all the time. Gave up believing either side a long time ago gave up giving a crap as well.