A blast seen on CCTV footage at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. Photograph: YouTube
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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There’s six reactors - and they do have a kill switch... Looks like it’s office buildings on fire.
Weird stuff - FOX is doing a good job covering this mess...
“Everyone has lied to me, everyone has deceived me, no one has told me the truth. The armed forces have lied to me and now the Spetsnaz have left me in the lurch. The G̶e̶r̶m̶a̶n̶ Russian people has not fought heroically, it deserves to perish. It is not I who have lost the war, but the G̶e̶r̶m̶a̶n̶ Russian people”.’
Vlad the Mad Putin
Has anyone thought to call Homer Simpson?
“Save us, Homer! You’re our only hope!” ;)
Do Russians know how to even read?
Much less read a map?
Been busy :)
video clip’s being shown on fox now too, fwit, including incoming glowing balls that peter out after they hit the ground (so not the tire blockades)
live stream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph9yj8TlLTU
Yes he is. A lot of morons on this site sadly who are missing the big picture.
If you press MOE it stops the core meltdown
LOL! Sadly, I KNEW that! ;)
It’s 33 F in Kiev right now.. turn off the power and heat and the situation gets a lot worse fast...
Sounds like something the See Eye Ay would do.
Bkmk
A blast seen on CCTV footage at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. Photograph: YouTube
My biggest fear is that the Russians will latch onto some of the weird conspiracy theories about the WEF or try to say he has evidence of election fraud or something to do with Trump and then all the crazies will come out of the woodwork.
above live stream is looped per video comments.
Here’s another very short clip (at mark 0:50) - closeup of things falling from the sky - flares?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Sr7U7W2ZDg
“There’s six reactors - and they do have a kill switch... Looks like it’s office buildings on fire.“
Yes but you have to keep circulating coolant if they were active .
That was Fukushima .
Reactors were stopped by the pumps circulating cooling water lost power.
At this point we don’t have enough info on this situation to know what’s going on.
Potentially could be catastrophic, but it could be just a office building on fire.
This Putin guy man, his genius just keeps shining through.
Won’t be another Chernobyl, but could be another Fukushima.
Hannity is deliberately fearmongering on this fire, he wants a war so bad he can taste it.
You obviously are a Russian fan, so watch this video. Turn up the sound so you can hear the screams of the victims.
Killing civilians is easy, that's been a Russian specialty since the Communist revolution.
Ukrainians can be pretty tough too. A lot of people will suffer for Putin's ego.
He’s only talking about Russia because he hopes that by talking about it it hurts Dementia Joe and it does..Sean has always loved the sound of his own voice..heck Lindsey Graham is openly calling for people in Russia to assassinate Putin seriously..Im no fan of Putin but come on
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