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Ukraine-Russia war fileSeveral senior Ukrainian officials have accused Moscow of undermining the nuclear facilities in Zaporizhia, raising fears of disaster if troops withdraw from the Kremlin.
Will the withdrawal of the Russian army be associated with a nuclear attack? This is the scenario conjured up by the Ukrainian General Staff in the past few days and widely circulated on the networks – Hereby Ukrainian MP Inna Sovsun, or thereby Advisor to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerachchenko.
It is about the Zaporijia nuclear power plant and its six reactors. However, when the reactors shut down and are no longer producing electricity in September 2022, the facility must continue to cool the reactor fuel and equipment essential to the operation of the site.
While Kiev accuses the Russian army of blowing up the Kakhovka Dam to slow down the Ukrainian counteroffensive and harm civilians, Ukraine conjures up a similar maneuver at the Zaporizhia power plant. A scorched earth tactic that would result in potentially catastrophic radiation releases