Terrorist Hohols Start Fire on Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant After Intense Shelling

Maria Zakharova:

“The head of the Zaporizhzhia region, Balitsky, reported that as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the city of Enerhodar, a fire broke out at the cooling systems facility of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

Where is Rafael Grossi and… pic.twitter.com/H4qj7hI82c

— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) August 11, 2024

Great plan, guys.

Reuters:

Moscow and Kyiv accused each other of starting a fire on the grounds of Europe’s largest and now Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine on Sunday, with both sides reporting no sign of elevated radiation.

The U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear watchdog, which has a presence at the vast six-reactor facility, said its experts had seen strong, dark smoke coming from the northern area of the plant in southern Ukraine following multiple explosions.

Russian state news agencies, TASS and RIA, cited the country’s nuclear energy company Rosatom as saying the main fire was extinguished shortly before midnight on Sunday.

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Russia captured the plant from Ukraine shortly after launching its full-scale invasion on its smaller neighbour in 2022, an attack described by Moscow as a “special operation”. The plant’s six nuclear reactors are in cold shutdown.

By early Monday, it was not clear what caused the fire that started at around 8 p.m. (1700 GMT) on Sunday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia of lighting the fire which he said was visible from the Kyiv-held city of Nikopol, which looks out onto the Russian-held plant.

Evgeny Balitsky, a Russian-installed official in the occupied south of Ukraine, accused Kyiv’s forces of causing the fire by shelling the nearby city of Enerhodar which, like the plant, was captured by Russia soon after its February 2022 invasion.

This is really the same thing as the raids across the pre-2022 Russian border. This land has been held by Russia for almost three years and the people have voted to join Russia.

The UN being there and then refusing to say who is responsible for the attacks is so nuts.

If you believe that Russia would blow up its own nuclear power plant, I’ve got a gas pipeline and a bridge to sell you! pic.twitter.com/GoNopcKRK0

— Gabe (@GabeZZOZZ) August 11, 2024