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Will Russia blow up Zaporizhzhia?

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NEWS: A Ukrainian military intelligence official tells @NBCNews that Russia has told its nuclear workers stationed at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant NOT to go to work tomorrow.
Andriy Yusov, a spokesman for Ukraine's military intelligence directorate, tells me they received information a half-hour ago that Russia directed the Rosatom (Russia's state-run nuclear company) officials at ZNPP not to show up tomorrow
This comes after Russia said Ukraine was planning a provocation tomorrow at the plant. Ukrainian officials believe that's Russia laying the groundwork to conduct a false flag operation there tomorrow and blame it on Ukraine
 
Jesus if Russia was planning a false flag, it's genuinely shameful. Also stupid.
I cannot understand how anyone benefits from radioactive contamination, even Putin.
 
As I've said in another thread,
I don't see how anyone benefits from destroying the facility. I can understand disabling the turbines or something like that but endangering the core seems illogical. It would help no one. Putin wants to annex territory, it makes zero sense why he would want to contaminate his newfound territorial gains costing him billions to clean up. Also, depending on wind direction Russian people may actually suffer the consequences if the containment buildings and reactors were leveled.
 
As I've said in another thread,
I don't see how anyone benefits from destroying the facility. I can understand disabling the turbines or something like that but endangering the core seems illogical. It would help no one. Putin wants to annex territory, it makes zero sense why he would want to contaminate his newfound territorial gains costing him billions to clean up. Also, depending on wind direction Russian people may actually suffer the consequences if the containment buildings and reactors were leveled.
If Putin sees his troops retreating, he might just go ahead to spite Ukraine. He isn’t exactly acting in a rational manner lately.
 
Moderator edit: This tweet is blocked in the EU & UK, here's a screenshot of it for those without a VPN and in those areas.
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Here's the article the tweet linked for those of you in the UK & EU who don't have VPNs or Tor:

UN warns against ‘suicide’ attacks on Zaporozhye nuclear plant​

The UN chief said Zaporozhye must become a “purely civilian infrastructure” to ensure the safety of the area
UN warns against ‘suicide’ attacks on Zaporozhye nuclear plant

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. © Sputnik / Konstantin Mikhalchevsky
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed support for an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission to visit the Zaporozhye nuclear plant in Russian-controlled territory of Ukraine, but said the trip can happen only if both Moscow and Kiev can agree on terms.
Speaking to reporters in Lviv on Thursday, Guterres said the UN had been in close contact with the IAEA and determined that “we have in Ukraine the logistics and security capacity” to support a mission to Europe’s largest nuclear plant.
He said the visit would happen “from Kiev” and only “provided both Russia and Ukraine agree.”
In recent weeks, Russian forces have accused Ukraine of deliberately shelling the facility on several occasions, while Kiev has accused Russia of attacking the plant. The facility remains under Russian control, though it is operated by Ukrainian personnel.
Ukraine planning nuclear provocation on Friday – Moscow
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Ukraine planning nuclear provocation on Friday – Moscow

Guterres, who has previously called to demilitarize the area, insisted that an agreement was “urgently needed” to establish Zaporozhye as a “purely civilian infrastructure” to ensure the plant’s safety.
“Common sense must prevail to avoid any actions that might endanger the physical integrity, safety or security of the nuclear plant,” the UN chief said, adding that the facility “must not be used as part of any military operation.”
“We must tell it like it is – any potential damage to [Zaporozhye] is suicide.”
Moscow, which has repeatedly called for an IAEA mission to the plant, has said that calls by the UN to completely demilitarize the area around the facility are unacceptable, citing what it called provocations from Kiev. Demilitarizing the area would make it more vulnerable to Ukrainian nationalist groups, Russian Foreign Ministry Deputy Spokesman Ivan Nechayev said on Thursday.
READ MORE: Russia urges international inspection of shelled nuclear site
The Russian Defense Ministry has warned that Ukraine is planning a provocation at the site on Friday to coincide with Guterres' visit, in order to accuse Russia of risking nuclear disaster.
Earlier this week, French President Emmanuel Macron also expressed support for an IAEA mission to travel to Ukraine, saying it should happen “as soon as possible.”
 
For what it's worth, on windy.com tomorrow's wind direction forecasts show very weak winds near Zaporizhia, headed south, to Crimea.
From sunday on, however, winds will pick up and blow westwards and south west, with most of them going into the sea and then turning further south, towards Turkey.

 
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