This is a game changer though conditions at the plant are stable, This is an attack on Europe

[yaesu]

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The Prime Minister said the reckless actions of President Putin could now directly threaten the safety of all of Europe
.
@BorisJohnson
spoke with
@ZelenskyyUa
about “the gravely concerning situation at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station.”

The Brits say in a readout: “The Prime Minister said the reckless actions of President Putin could now directly threaten the safety of all of Europe.”

Link to tweet

In an update posted to Twitter, US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said:

We have seen no elevated radiation readings near the facility.

The plant’s reactors are protected by robust containment structures and reactors are being safely shut down.”

Ukrainian emergency services have confirmed a fire in the training building of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant has been localised just before 6am local time.


Will NATO see this as a threat to NATO countries?

[Texaswitchy]

1. Something is going to happen.

Enough already.

[Karadeniz]

2. Hey Boris, still letting UK banks give Russians a month to get their finances in order????

[58Sunliner]

3. Stable? Nuclear waste is a real risk. It isn't stable if they are still firing on it.

[yaesu]

4. According to workers on site radiation levels are normal though there still seems to be

a fire

14m ago
03:22
A fire is reportedly still burning in Europe’s largest nuclear power plant located in Zaporizhzhia.

Andriy Tuz, a spokesperson for the plant appeared on Telegram saying, “There is a real threat of a nuclear danger at the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe. We demand that they stop the heavy weapons fire at the energy blocks of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.”

Authorities at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant say the facility is secured and “nuclear safety is now guaranteed” after Russian military shelling starts fire, Agence France-Presse reports.

The agency said that one of the buildings of the plant’s training complex “continues to burn”, adding that “the fire covered 3, 4, 5 floors of a five-storey building.”

Ukrainian emergency services are saying Russian troops are preventing them from extinguishing a fire that continues to burn at a nuclear power plant after it was struck by shelling.

[LastDemocratInSC]

5. Putin is now itching for a confrontation with NATO.

His recent actions, miscalculated or not, have brought discredit, dishonor, and impending financial ruin to Russia. If he doesn't see himself as the ruler of Russia, as the one recreating the Soviet Union's borders, then he has no use for the world and anyone in it.

He's a sociopath like Stewart Rhodes of the Oath keepers. They both see themselves as crucial figures in history, on a mission to recreate the past.

His goal as the new Czar or head of the Politburo is what matters. He's irrational and unpredictable. There are no safeguards on decisions that he might make, no command structure similar to ours in the US. He's a one man show.

A confrontation with NATO, even if it's the product of his actions, will give him the opportunity to avoid the humiliation that awaits him if the world doesn't bend to his will. He will destroy everything.

I'm sorry to be pessimistic. I hope some brave person puts Putin out of our misery soon so we can restart things from a reasonable starting point.

[yaesu]

6. you are raising some real concerns, we are dealing with a very unhinged leader. nt

[LastDemocratInSC]

7. Does VX-5R or FT-817 ring a bell with you?

[yaesu]

9. Yes, but sadly I have never owned one though I have owned the VX-2 & 3. nt

[LastDemocratInSC]

10. Just curious. We have similar interests.

[yaesu]

11. That's great, I have always been partial to Yaesu equipment, mostly old school but FT-817

being the newest I have owned.

[radius777]

8. As Fareed Zakaria just stated the West must sanction Russian oil/gas.

It will hurt but we can ramp up production in the US and Canada as well as lift the Venezuelan sanctions. There are ways to make up at least some of the lost supply. Alternative energy. We must do whatever it takes, even if it means sacrifice, to destroy the Putin regime. We have entered wartime even if some fail to realize this.

[BootinUp]

12. Threat very low if the plants are shutdown, nt

[yaesu]

13. the safe play but sure it plays right into putins power disruption plans. nt