• Riddick3001@lemmy.worldOP
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    50
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    "If detonated, they would not damage the reactors but would create an image of shelling from the Ukrainian side,” the statement on Telegram said. It said the Ukrainian army stood “ready to act under any circumstances”.

    In his nightly video message, Zelenskiy said Russia was planning to “simulate an attack” on the plant. “But in any case, the world sees – and cannot fail to see – that the only source of danger to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is Russia. And no one else.”

    Zelenskiy and the Ukrainian military provided no evidence for their assertions"

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      30
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      Oh good. Everyone is making it sound like they’re going to make a radioactive cloud that triggers article 5. Nope, they’re just making more shitty propaganda for the domestic Russian audience.

      • witch_of_winter@fedia.io
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        15
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        They’ve also rigged the reactors, we just don’t know if they’ll donate them as well or if that’s just a backup plan. But given Russia’s level of competence throughout the war who knows if they’ll accidentally detonate it.

        • G_Wash1776@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          5
          ·
          1 year ago

          That’s the part where it gets interesting. Either they commit to blowing the plant or not. If they do, we’ll see Article V activated and the war will be over.

          If they don’t, this would be the smartest move though as said very aptly in the beginning of the war by a Ukrainian soldier “thank god they’re so fucking stupid” so I tend to think it will happen just out of incompetence.

            • mirror_slap@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              4
              arrow-down
              2
              ·
              1 year ago

              yes and no… NATO would decimate Russian troops in Ukraine in a matter of days via long range missiles and air power. It’s just a matter of what the Russian response would be.

              • Stuka@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                1
                ·
                edit-2
                1 year ago

                That’s not how this works. They could certainly soften them, but if all it took was missiles and artillery Russia would own Ukraine by now

        • damnYouSun@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          1 year ago

          Do we actually know they’ve done that or you just saying they’ve done that?

          Also given prevailing wind directions for the region, in all likelihood the only people they’re going to irradiate are themselves.

  • magnetosphere@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    22
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    If you forget all the death, destruction, terror, and shattered lives, you realize that Putin’s decisions have been so absurd that this might almost be funny.

  • FreeBooteR69@kbin.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    8
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    Considering russia’s prior actions committing ecocide, it is highly likely. I wouldn’t trust a monitor who doesn’t have unfettered access to the facility. I think it’s best to assume the worst of russia in this case.

    • Riddick3001@lemmy.worldOP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      12
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Kind of difficult for the IAEE to see anything, if they don’t have proper access. Quote:

      " (…) but they need more access to be sure, the agency said on Wednesday."

  • TCE@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    6
    arrow-down
    68
    ·
    1 year ago

    Russia has warned the UN for almost a year that Ukraine have plans to use the Zaporizhzhia NPP as a “dirt nuclear bomb”, in order to blame it on Russia and justify NATO military intervention.

    • c4lm@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      29
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      How do you think Ukraine are going make NATO believe that russia blew the plant?

      It’s currently occupied by russia, it’s in annexed territory, they can’t just walk in plant a few explosives. I expect folk would notice if Ukraine threw some missiles at it.

      So how?

      • G_Wash1776@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        14
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Also consider that when Russia took control of the plant they did so by bombing the fuck out of it. I remember watching the livestream as explosions rocked the plant.

      • Jon-H558@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        7
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        It is not for the west to believe, it is for their home audience. If a dirty bomb made out of zaporizia goes off nato countries will get involved to help.clean up and control the plant and assist humanitarian efforts. Russia gov then still gets to play victim to its domestic audience blaming it all on other side. And some may be patriotic and want to believe and others will have to engage in doublethink and ‘have’ to believe it or be re-educated.

    • tpfm@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      28
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      Russia has lost all its credibility and what they say means nothing because they’re lying. So, fuck this statement and fuck Russia.

    • davew111@sopuli.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      15
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Few people believe what Russia says anymore. They have been caught lying too many times, starting with the lie that their troops were just doing military training exercises close to the border and had no plans to invade Ukraine. In fact I remember them accusing the west of “acting like a bunch of hysterical women” over their claims Russia would invade. Then the next day, guess what? They invaded.