Mystery and fear surround the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, a city in south-eastern Ukraine currently occupied by Russian militias. In fact, unreleased satellite images released by the Planet Labs service showed that on the morning of July 5 “on the roof of Unit 4 of the nuclear power plant” there were “new objects” that were currently unidentifiable. The news was reported by the RBC-Ukraine channel, which, however, also highlighted the impossibility of understanding what is at stake. “The resolution of the image does not allow us to fully understand the nature of the new objects that have appeared on the roof of Block 4 but have never been seen before in any other satellite imagery,” admitted Planet Labs, the American public imaging company with Based in San Francisco.
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These are days of fear of the possible nuclear implications of a war that is becoming increasingly difficult to predict. In the past few hours, according to intelligence reports, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused troops working for Vladimir Putin of placing “explosive-like objects” on various power plant units of the Zaporizhia power plant in order to “simulate” an attack. from the outside. A very dangerous step, even if, according to the General Staff, “their detonation should not damage the electrical units, but could give the impression of a bombing raid as if carried out by Ukraine”. The Kremlin’s response was not long in coming: Moscow spoke of a “serious risk of sabotage from Kiev, the consequences of which could be catastrophic”.
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In short, tensions between Russia and Ukraine have become increasingly tense as both forces accuse each other of planning an attack on the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. The consequences could be devastating.