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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The nuclear reactors are at 47.51168075906993, 34.58653447244397
There are a lot of buildings in Enerhodar, Ukraine in the vicinity of the reactors.
A noseeum just appeared.
You sound like a Commie sympathizer.
I stand by my comment: Don't be surprised if the Oligarch's make that happen soon, for the mess Putin's created.
BTW, I'm far from the only person saying it.
Your heroes promised to defend the Ukraine if they gave up their nuclear arms yet they're nowhere to be found. In 1991 beth NATO and the US promised the Russians that they would not expand NATO further east to Russian borders and they lied.
You have a lot of faith in snakes.
This is a situation we never needed to be in and we never needed to drive Russia into China's arms by doing it.
Do you really think that NATO is ever going to put troops in the Ukraine?
Don't "rant and run" because I would love to hear your logic.
That’s an Iranian plan..been going on since the blind sheik went to jail...
Just as feasible that demon Joe imported an Afghanistan enemy army on purpose..
You're an idiot Putin apologist.
Considering the nuclear reactor is only miles away from the Russian border, does Putin think blowing it up won’t spread radiation into Russia?
Yep and now they are saying in the area they are detecting higher levels of radiation
This is to preempt Western Euros from reentering Nuclear Power as a Russia-Free option. They are currently financially blackmailed buying oil and gas.
Winds are all over the place for the next week in Ukraine.
https://www.windy.com/-Temperature-temp?temp,2022030618,47.969,30.654,6
Russia is not a sophisticated operation at the level of our military.
Gee might just be another reason not to let Putin invade countries.
You’re not kidding. The realization is there are no good guys in any of this. We’re definitely in big trouble!
Substations are a thing, and much easier to get to.
Vlad, you’ve lost another nuke power plant?
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