Did I make that claim?
I didn't say that. Why would you think that? I have explained in the past why this all happened.
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1. Yevgeny Balitsky is a Russia-installed puppet in Zaporizhzhia.The Ukrainian military is deliberately targeting nuclear waste storage at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant to bring about a ‘dirty bomb’ explosion and make the area uninhabitable, Yevgeny Balitsky, the head of the Zaporozhye Region’s military-civilian administration, told the Rossiya-24 TV channel on Thursday.
"They were practically targeting the nuclear waste storage facility in order to create a kind of a 'dirty bomb' on our territory, to create the situation where there will be a release. <...> [In order] to lead to air contamination and make an entire territory uninhabitable," he stressed.
Thousands of tonnes of radioactive waste are stored at the plant, Balitsky went on to say. "Their (Ukrainian troops' - TASS) goals are, of course, clear to us. They want to scare us, they want to make unusable the territory they have already lost forever," he stated.
At the moment, the concrete protection of the facility ‘holds up’, he said. "But we find hits 300 meters away from the nuclear power plant, we find the shells that have almost hit, that are 20 meters away from the storage facility with nuclear waste. <...> If they hit the concrete storage facility accurately enough, than, which is frightful to think of, it will bring about something like what happened in Chernobyl - there will be a release, it will be a 'dirty bomb,'" Balitsky explained. According to him, Zaporozhye Region authorities have developed a plan that includes the evacuation of the population if the situation around the plant develops under a negative scenario.
The nuclear power plant in Energodar is under the control of the Russian troops. Over the past few days, Ukrainian forces have conducted several strikes on the premises, using drones, heavy artillery and multiple rocket launchers. Air defense systems repel attacks in most cases, but in some episodes, shells do hit infrastructure facilities, as well as the storage area.
As earlier reported, on Thursday, Ukraine’s armed forces conducted a massive shelling of the Zaporozhye NPP and the city of Energodar for the second time in one day. Previously, Russian air defense systems deflected all Ukrainian attacks with strike drones and heavy artillery on the city and the NPP overnight and on Thursday morning. Since early August, the Ukrainian army attempted to strike the NPP’s premises and the city at least five times. On August 5, the Ukrainian armed forces shelled a railway station three times, on August 6, they bombarded the NPP’s healthcare facility and a water supply facility in Energodar, and on August 7, another strike on the NPP hit the area where a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel was located.
Kiev strikes on NPP aim to bring about ‘dirty bomb’ explosion — Zaporozhye administration
"The Ukrainian troops were practically targeting the nuclear waste storage facility in order to create a kind of a 'dirty bomb' on our territory, to create the situation where there will be a release in order to lead to air contamination and make an entire territory uninhabitable," Yevgeny...
In the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Ukraine's propaganda machinery has emerged a winner.
That's F'n crazy. I wonder if this if fact or not.The Ukrainian military is deliberately targeting nuclear waste storage at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant to bring about a ‘dirty bomb’ explosion and make the area uninhabitable, Yevgeny Balitsky, the head of the Zaporozhye Region’s military-civilian administration, told the Rossiya-24 TV channel on Thursday.
"They were practically targeting the nuclear waste storage facility in order to create a kind of a 'dirty bomb' on our territory, to create the situation where there will be a release. <...> [In order] to lead to air contamination and make an entire territory uninhabitable," he stressed.
Thousands of tonnes of radioactive waste are stored at the plant, Balitsky went on to say. "Their (Ukrainian troops' - TASS) goals are, of course, clear to us. They want to scare us, they want to make unusable the territory they have already lost forever," he stated.
At the moment, the concrete protection of the facility ‘holds up’, he said. "But we find hits 300 meters away from the nuclear power plant, we find the shells that have almost hit, that are 20 meters away from the storage facility with nuclear waste. <...> If they hit the concrete storage facility accurately enough, than, which is frightful to think of, it will bring about something like what happened in Chernobyl - there will be a release, it will be a 'dirty bomb,'" Balitsky explained. According to him, Zaporozhye Region authorities have developed a plan that includes the evacuation of the population if the situation around the plant develops under a negative scenario.
The nuclear power plant in Energodar is under the control of the Russian troops. Over the past few days, Ukrainian forces have conducted several strikes on the premises, using drones, heavy artillery and multiple rocket launchers. Air defense systems repel attacks in most cases, but in some episodes, shells do hit infrastructure facilities, as well as the storage area.
As earlier reported, on Thursday, Ukraine’s armed forces conducted a massive shelling of the Zaporozhye NPP and the city of Energodar for the second time in one day. Previously, Russian air defense systems deflected all Ukrainian attacks with strike drones and heavy artillery on the city and the NPP overnight and on Thursday morning. Since early August, the Ukrainian army attempted to strike the NPP’s premises and the city at least five times. On August 5, the Ukrainian armed forces shelled a railway station three times, on August 6, they bombarded the NPP’s healthcare facility and a water supply facility in Energodar, and on August 7, another strike on the NPP hit the area where a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel was located.
Kiev strikes on NPP aim to bring about ‘dirty bomb’ explosion — Zaporozhye administration
"The Ukrainian troops were practically targeting the nuclear waste storage facility in order to create a kind of a 'dirty bomb' on our territory, to create the situation where there will be a release in order to lead to air contamination and make an entire territory uninhabitable," Yevgeny...
In the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Ukraine's propaganda machinery has emerged a winner.
considering it's from Tass and quoting a Russian puppet....i'd say "not".
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The Ukrainian military is deliberately targeting nuclear waste storage at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant to bring about a ‘dirty bomb’ explosion and make the area uninhabitable, Yevgeny Balitsky, the head of the Zaporozhye Region’s military-civilian administration, told the Rossiya-24 TV channel on Thursday.
Kiev strikes on NPP aim to bring about ‘dirty bomb’ explosion — Zaporozhye administration
"The Ukrainian troops were practically targeting the nuclear waste storage facility in order to create a kind of a 'dirty bomb' on our territory, to create the situation where there will be a release in order to lead to air contamination and make an entire territory uninhabitable," Yevgeny...
98% of Ukrainians believe in victory in war with Russia.
According to a poll conducted by the Center for Insights in Survey Research, 91% of Ukrainians approve of President Volodymyr Zelensky's work.
98% українців впевнені в перемозі у війні – опитування
Більшість українців не вірить в будь-які територіальні поступки російським загарбникам.
On the banks of the Dnipro River, it's possible to see the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant 10 miles across the water.
It's a place which has seen heavy shelling over the past couple of weeks, with up to 120 rockets being reported in a single night.
They come from the direction of Enerhodar, the city where the plant is situated.
Enerhodar - and the power station - have come under heavy fire.
On Saturday, there was shelling of the nitrogen-oxygen station, which caused a fire. By some miracle, the people working there survived.
The UN's nuclear watchdog claims there's a "real risk of nuclear disaster" unless the fighting stops and inspectors are allowed access.
Zaporizhzhia nuclear workers: We're kept at gunpoint by Russians
"Soldiers are everywhere," says one worker at Zaporizhzhia. "Everyone is kept at gunpoint."
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Kiev forces launched dozens of drones, rockets to Zaporozhye NPP this month – official
After previous attacks, air defense was strengthened in the area of the station, said Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the military-civilian administration of the region
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The Russian military’s control over the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is a key to the regions’ nuclear security, leader of Russia’s Liberal Democratic Party and Chairman of the State Duma (the lower house of parliament) Foreign Affairs Committee Leonid Slutsky said on Friday.
"The Russian military’s ongoing control over the Zaporozhye NPP is a key to nuclear security in the region, it’s obvious. The IAEA sees the need to send a mission to the Zaporozhye NPP and Russia is ready to provide full assistance, which has been made clear. However, Ukraine must stop its attacks on the nuclear facility. This is what the G7 countries should be concerned about," he wrote on Telegram.
According to Slutsky, otherwise, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and his Western sponsors will have to bear responsibility for a potential nuclear disaster.
The senior lawmaker slammed an initiative to transfer control over the NPP to Ukraine to ensure access for IAEA inspectors as "sheer mockery." "It is even similar to making concessions to ‘nuclear terrorists.’ All the statements that the foreign ministrers of G7 countries have made in support of these demands are nothing but attempts to sponsor nuclear terrorism," Slutsky noted.
The Zaporozhye NPP in the city of Energodar is controlled by Russian troops. The Ukrainian military carried out a series of attacks on the facility in the past several days, which particularly involved drones, heavy artillery and multiple rocket launchers. Most attacks were repelled by air defenses but some infrastructure facilities and the nuclear waste storage area were hit.
The NPP, the largest in Europe, has six reactors with a total capacity of 6,000 megawatts. The facility currently operates at 70% of its full capacity because of excess electricity production in the liberated areas of the region.
Lawmaker views Russia’s control of Zaporozhye NPP as key to regional nuclear security
According to Leonid Slutsky, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and his Western sponsors will have to bear responsibility for a potential nuclear disaster
The United States and Ukraine hope to make Russia look like a ‘nuclear terrorist’
Russia already looks like a terrorist. They did that themselves in Bucha and Mariupol.Lawmaker views Russia’s control of Zaporozhye NPP as key to regional nuclear security
According to Leonid Slutsky, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and his Western sponsors will have to bear responsibility for a potential nuclear disaster
The United States and Ukraine hope to make Russia look like a ‘nuclear terrorist’
