Posted on 03/03/2022 4:28:03 PM PST by DFG
A fire has been seen at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine after tanks opened fire with heavy weapons at the facility, footage in the early hours of Friday morning showed.
A live feed from the Zaporizhzhia station showed flames at the site in the east of country, having earlier showed tanks firing at buildings - sparking fears of a radiation disaster in the nation currently being invaded by Russian forces.
Dmytro Orlov, the mayor of the nearby town of Energodar, confirmed the blaze in an online post. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is the largest of its kind in Europe.
'As a result of continuous enemy shelling of buildings and units of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is on fire,' Orlov said on his Telegram channel, citing what he called a threat to world security.
Earlier, Ukrainian authorities reported Russian troops were stepping up efforts to seize the plant and had entered the town with tanks.
The shocking footage came after Ukrainian civilians defied Russian troops for a second day running in a bid to protect the nuclear plant. They were shown setting up make-shift road blocks in an attempt to block the road to the facility.
Both the Ukrainian state atomic energy company and Orlov said troops were nearing Zaporizhzhia. Officials said loud shots were heard in the city late Thursday.
'Many young men in athletic clothes and armed with Kalashnikov have come into the city. They are breaking down door and trying to get into the apartments of local residents,' the statement from Energoatom said.
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What can go wrong??
Is it time for NATO to tell the Ukraine NO WAY as far as admittance?
And this is what Putin does to a nuke plant less than a days drive from Moscow.
It could be bad if the control center got damaged. I doubt there are of the newest fail-safe, meltdown-proof design.
You would think the Russians would want to capture the power plant intact so they could use it.
Who gives orders to tell troops yo fire a nuclear power plant? Putin’s a rabid crazed dog that needs to be put down.
NATO will not stop agitating the war in the Ukraine until the last Ukrainian is dead or a refugee.
If the WEF globalists cannot control the Ukraine and pillage its resources they plan to destroy it out of spite.
Putin: “But the danger of nukes in Ukraine!”
also Putin: blows up a nuke in Ukraine
The Russians may not have removed ALL of Ukraine’s nukes.
LOL Great series.
Why?????
Or is it time for NATO to tell Vlad to put the brakes on lest they intervene to prevent another Chernobyl?
Well, that’s not great, but it’s not terrible.
The pillager here is Putin, whose undisciplined Huns are risking another Chernobyl.
Russians found something that doesn’t shoot back but could turn their hair green
Zelenskyy is a clown, Putin is a clown and Biden craps his pants and doesn’t know it. We’re in trouble.
“Or is it time for NATO to tell Vlad to put the brakes on lest they intervene to prevent another Chernobyl?”
If Putin blows up a nuclear plant and irradiates half of Europe I have to assume that is an Article 5 violation and Russia get cooked.
With the current winds that fallout plume will land somewhere southeast of the plant. It is likely to create great damage to the cities recently conquered by Russia.
If the plant fails dramatically, and the winds shift towards the southwest slightly the Russians can say goodbye to Crimea.
Who knows, Russia's invasion of Ukraine may be over sooner than everyone predicted. Luckily they have naval assets in Crimea to evacuate it if they have to.
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