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.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
NATO has been saying no for a decade, while the State Department has been signaling to Zelensky’s crew, “Psst..in the US, “no” means “maybe”.
—> there are no good guys in any of this.
+1
Williams,
Did my rhetorical question short-circuit your brain or are you still reading my comment slooowly? 😎
@BNONews
BREAKING: Background radiation remains at normal levels at nuclear power plant where fighting is underway, spokesman says - RIA/REU
8:21 PM · Mar 3, 2022·
Agree. NATO has been ambivalent, no doubt at the behest of Demented Joe.
Ah, you’re the person who saw that!
Fox reported that it is Admin buildings that are actively on fire. It’s Fox, so FWIW
Aurora Intel @AuroraIntel
Government official tells AP that elevated levels of radiation are being deteceted near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in #Ukraine.
8:19 PM · Mar 3, 2022
The Chernobyl plant did not have a containment building like US and European reactors do. If this plant they are talking about is Soviet-era, there may be trouble.
They make good wine though.
“..You would think the Russians would want to capture the power plant intact so they could use it....”
Exactly.
I suspect they’d bomb the generators to knock the power off the grid, and not the reactor buildings itself.
Once in control, they could repair the generators to serve their needs.
If the Russians want to do that all they have to do is
knock down transmission lines. Attacking the reactors is
just insanity.
Are you the one person in the world who, before this week, knew the Russian military was a paper tiger. No one had ever questioned the abilities of Russian armor and mechanized infantry until Ukrainian troops totally mauled them earlier this week. What fools NATO has been. All those tens of trillions wasted on the greatest military machine the world has ever known to defend against what turned out to be this Russian paper tiger. You’re right, I quit watching the insulting, ham handed disinformation. Are you now telling me the Ukrainians did not destroy those Russian assets, that the Russians are doing EXACTLY what we did in Iraq twice? Are you telling me that if the Ukrainians don’t negotiate, Russian Shock and Awe will follow (exactly as I predicted). As I’ve said, everything reported the first few days was complete BS. None of which you questioned. Are the Ukrainians supermen destroying the Russian paper tigers, you know the BS you’ve been lapping up most of the week or is a horrific loss of innocent Ukrainians about to occur because the western gear speed shifting narrative can’t keep up with the reality? Of course, since you tell me there is no Ukrainian/Western disinformation, just send in the “ghost of Kiev” to take out those Russians in the area.
Steve Herman
@W7VOA
Plant spokesman Andriy Tuz tells Ukrainian TV that the reactor on fire is under renovation and not operating, but there is nuclear fuel inside.
No. The exact opposite. The ones that are watching are sheep and the ones that remember the past know what is really happening.
Doesn’t appear to be an RBMK reactor...thank god!
You figured this out! It’s just like a fantasy construct involving Louisiana.
And you know if you found a squirrel in your pants, would you invite it to dinner? And what if that squirrel is from Louisiana? Why war would break out! Of course.
smarmy SOB
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