92 Hostages Held Captive By Russia At Chernobyl

[Budi]

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Chernobyl
By Julianne Geiger - Feb 25, 2022, 5:30 PM CST

As the Ukrainian state news agency reports that consultations are underway as to when and where negotiations with Putin might take place, a disastrous moment in Ukrainian history looms large again, with the Russian occupation of Chernobyl.

Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova told a press conference in Washington, DC, confirmed that Russian forces are now holding 92 operational personnel of the Chernobyl power plant hostage, preventing them from working their shifts and risking potential disaster.

Markarova said the Russian army has been fully in control of the nuclear power plant since late Thursday.

“After a completely senseless Russian attack in this direction, it is impossible to say that Chernobyl is safe,” CNN quoted Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak as saying. “This is one of the most serious threats to Europe today.”

While reports from earlier today warned of increased radiation levels at Chernobyl, Ukrainian scientists now say the plant has not been damaged, according to the New York Times; however, analysts are now concerned about the threat of a purposeful meltdown at the infamous nuclear power plant.

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Any shelling of this area could result in the spread of radioactive material outside the Chernobyl zone.

Writing on Facebook on Thursday, former Ukrainian Interior Ministry deputy Anton Gerashchenko warned that, "If as a result of the occupiers' artillery strikes the nuclear waste storage facility is destroyed, the radioactive dust may cover the territories of Ukraine, Belarus and the EU [European Union] countries!"
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[Irish_Dem]

1. Is Putin making a threat, surrender or else?

[inanna]

2. "analysts are now concerned about the threat of a purposeful meltdown"

After all I have seen so far, this wouldn't surprise me.

Sadly.

Thanks for posting.

[Celerity]

3. what could possibly go wrong?

[brer cat]

4. This is the scariest thing I've read about Putin's war.

He seems so deranged that allowing the spread of radioactive material may appeal to him.

[Budi]

5. Really. Its the ultimate bargaining chip for a narcissistic madman

Its quite frightening when you think of how Trump also reacted to the mass deaths of a Pandemic. He didn't react as a normal leader would have. He didn't care & nor does Putin with Chernobyl as a bargaining tool.
Power & control is the weapon.
They are truy evil men.

[Swede]

6. Russia has nuclear reactors withing range of Ukraine's ballistic missiles.

He best not be playing this game.