Disagree. There have been wars going on before, but what war has there been since the turn of the century on European soil, featuring a world power, led by an increasingly paranoid man, that threatens to drag NATO into it and the escalation that comes with that? This is a *slightly* different situation.
Vlad said the Ukrainians want to make a dirty bomb. Shelling that nuclear plant is his forseeing the future (even though it is him shelling the power plant)
He wants to make Ukraine absolutely unhabitable.
I find it highly unlikely that it would be triggered for that given how easily it could be faked or masked by an outside player.
That's a big fire all the same even if it's an Admin building. Dodgy as **** on a Nuclear site.
Dirty pricks - it looks like there is intention.
So a war that’s been brought to your doorstep is what makes you take note.
All of the other wars didn’t matter as it didn’t really effect you.
Have I got that right?
Jaysus live firing......lads calm the fcuk down please
they are now shelling the nuclear power plant, kamikaze mission
There's a lot of fake live streams floating about but I am seeing people running into a van and fleeing
You should see what these absolute mongrels are doing firing indiscriminately at the plant with heavy fire.
Oh lord. Please no.
I wonder which unit of the Russian Army drew the short of this particular operation!
This is truly fcked up. They are deliberately hitting the plant
That's a real stream of the plant. A word of warning for viewers, there were dead soldiers visible on the stream earlier.
Oh lord, don't do this Russia.
Fire spreading Units 2 and 3 shut down..Not Good
What a truly f*cked up war. I'm lost for words.
Maybe this is part of a plan. Turn Ukraine into a nuclear wasteland. Putin can have his permanent satellite wasteland state between him and Europe.
Edit: I'd say not, these are probably just inexperienced troops fighting
Headline out of the AP:
RUSSIANS BEGIN SHELLING EUROPE'S LARGEST NUCLEAR PLANT
This is very bad.....
yes this seems to be planned, he wants to destroy Ukraine and Europe
It's only up the road from Crimea. I thought part of the point of this whole jaunt was to improve conditions for the Russians there?
Do the soldiers know what they are doing? Everyone will die nearby if radiation leaks.
There's been so many new lows in a week and now we have another one. Worse and worse it gets. Will somebody just take that little runt Putin out once and for all.
They are fairly knowledgeable people saying that the control building is on fire, not an administration building.
That plant contains 6 pressurised water reactors. They’re more like what’s used in most of the western world and not like the rather strange graphite moderated reactors at Chernobyl.
The plant is partially offline due to the war but at least half of the reactors are fully in service. The offline reactors were very recently in service and would be cooling fuel.
It takes days if not weeks to do a complete cold shut down, during which the reactors need water circulation pumps abs other equipment, which is powered from the electrical grid, or backup diesel generators.
If any of that equipment is damaged and can’t be used, there’s a very significant risk of a nuclear meltdown and explosions like at Fukushima.
What they’re doing right now is unbelievable stupid and incredibly dangerous. It’s literally beyond belief that anyone would do such a thing.
You can see there plan unfolding.
putin is pulling the plug on Europe
This is utterly crazy. Who could have thought it would come to this.
Yes, but remember they were very quick to take Chernobyl, and shortly afterwards, radiation levels rose from all the dust being disturbed on the ground, as it was radioactive. While undisturbed, it remained "passive" (so to speak) but once moved, it "re-actvated".
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