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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBREAKING - Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine is on fire, says mayor of local town
Link to tweet
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine is on fire
Thats all I got for now 🤬
Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)Response to Budi (Original post)
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ananda
(28,866 posts)!!!
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AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)Im fed up with that shit. We all knew this was coming.
This is what we get for waiting. If this plant blows, that is a nuclear attack, and should be answered accordingly. They may be firing indiscriminately, but their target is absolutely clear.
Stop. Putin. Now.
PortTack
(32,778 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)femmedem
(8,203 posts)Bev54
(10,053 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Samrob
(4,298 posts)Are we all just going to sit back allow Putin to use the nuke scare tactic when he's just about already used it? If he is targeting Ukraine nuke plants all bets should be off.
Cha
(297,322 posts)vlyons
(10,252 posts)If this isn't a war crime, I don't know what is.
yowzayowzayowza
(7,017 posts)Certainly does for me.
Budi
(15,325 posts)Mayor Dmytro Orlov had earlier reported fierce fighting between Ukrainians and Russian troops near the plant in southeastern Ukraine.
As a result of continuous enemy shelling of buildings and units of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is on fire, Orlov said on his Telegram channel, citing what he called a threat to world security. He did not give details.
Earlier, Ukrainian authorities reported Russian troops were stepping up efforts to seize the plant and had entered the town with tanks
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)There seems no way to stay safely out of this fight.
Budi
(15,325 posts)With that in his control, he owns it all. ALL.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)Putin go pop.
Ugh. This is so damned pointless. What's his endgame? He's mad. Insane.
Budi
(15,325 posts)Gdamn sonofabitch
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)Funny, a friend of mine and I said today, that hey, being in our 60s we should just look at it that we got 50 years of grace.
We all thought wed be vaporized before we were 12. Smh.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)But I kind of agree. We have been on the clock for a while and haven't realized how close we have come to nuclear annihilation.
The fact that we have had these means for so long and haven't used them yet is a bit of a miracle, given human nature being what it is.
Scrivener7
(50,955 posts)I am finding it weird that his initial onslaught has been so screwed up.
Could this all be a feint? He's miring his tanks and screwing up, now he bombs a nuclear power plant forcing other nations into the fight, and then he unleashes the manpower and equipment he has been holding in reserve?
To what end, I couldn't tell you. But I so don't trust this guy.
Budi
(15,325 posts)The gaslighting shit Trump did for 4 years.
He started blaming everyone but himself ffrom day 1.
Stupid fk
Budi
(15,325 posts)They'll be nuked. His conscripted army is simply fodder.
They have only one purpose as Putin sees it. To serve him
Turbineguy
(37,343 posts)The Russians seem to want to die too.
Zaporizhzhia website: https://www.npp.zp.ua/en
There's a bug on the right side that shows current power level and radiological situation.
Update at this time: radiation level 0.09 micro sieverts/hr, a slight drop from an hour ago.
Budi
(15,325 posts)No military force will dare fire near the Nuke Plant to stop them.
Putin sent his ppl there knowing they would die like kamakazis.
Wtf is plan B? Really?
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)EDIT: Had enough, folks?
WarGamer
(12,452 posts)Are the reactors THEMSELVES on fire OR is it the support buildings?
Big difference.
The US has the ability to monitor radiation levels through spy satellites so I'm 100% confident Biden & Co are on top of this.
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)There is a fire at the plant, the fear is it could blow.
WarGamer
(12,452 posts)What kind of reactors? Cooling method? Cooling still operational?
What's on fire? Support buildings? The buildings that house the reactors themselves??
Like I said... I trust that President Biden is on top of this 100% rfn.
Budi
(15,325 posts)He's got a lot of detailed info in his twitter thread you may understand better than I.
JBWolfsthal:
Link to tweet
WarGamer
(12,452 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)LisaL
(44,973 posts)What if it blows?
DFW
(54,405 posts)There wont be a farm north of the Pyrenees whose food will be safe to eat for thirty years.