You can't fight near nuclear power plants. But some still can, especially if the world really wants to turn a blind eye to it..

As a result, the nuclear facilities of the Exclusion Zone were left without power supply, and the nuclear fuel storage facilities were left without a cooling system.. We urgently need to stop expressing concern and ensure the repair of the power line, otherwise trouble will not be avoided. And you can't say we didn't warn you about it..

Of course, the idea that battles can be fought in the area of \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bnuclear power plants seemed wild in Europe until recently.. Everyone except the planners of the General Staff of the Russian Federation. The blow to Kiev was delivered precisely through the Chernobyl zone. Already on February 24, tanks and armored personnel carriers of the invaders were kneading the dirt in the Zone with might and main.. The level of radiation immediately increased, but what can not be done for the sake of spiritual bonds, denazification and the expansion of Western sanctions. The fighting continued.

Small consolation was that the Chernobyl nuclear power plant itself was not shelled.. But they fired at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe. Employees were taken hostage at both stations, the Russians do not allow them to be replaced. At the Chernobyl NPP, people at gunpoint have been working without replacement for two weeks, at the Zaporizhzhya NPP - for the sixth day. They violate all conceivable and unthinkable standards, greatly increasing the likelihood of errors and new accidents..

Europe seems to be worried, but takes all these events quite calmly - the super-urgent meeting of the energy ministers of the big seven will take place a day after the emergency, despite the fact that there are only two days to eliminate it. The UN is not up to it, they are busy with a conceptual problem: is it possible for their employees to call a war a war. The IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) is concerned about the ongoing. But, by and large, the IAEA releases regarding these events are no different from the agency's response to banal, technical incidents.. Well the people are held hostage. Well, the invaders travel around the Zone uncontrollably. Well, they fired at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. Well, the cooling system at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was covered. "

There is an acute reluctance to quarrel with Russia. Hence the statements for everything good, against everything bad and calls for both sides to restrain themselves.. Against the background of the fact that it is Russia that is attacking nuclear facilities, and we, in order not to draw enemy fire on them, do not even really defend ourselves, this looks frankly mocking....

And things are heating up. The blitzkrieg of the invaders near Kiev clearly failed. This caused an increase in the aggressor's fire strikes.. The infrastructure of the Chernobyl zone also falls under them.. In the morning, data transmission from the monitoring systems installed at the station was lost. And a little later, the key power line was also knocked out.. Nuclear power plant and storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel turned out to be de-energized. The high-voltage power line at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was broken - substation "

Because of the fighting, even the place of damage is not known.. The Chernobyl facilities have so far switched to backup diesel generators, but they have two days of fuel reserves, and delivery is excluded, again, due to fighting. The occupier will not fork out - the Russian army does not have enough diesel even for itself.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine urged to stop the fighting and give the opportunity to leave the repair teams. He was supported by the head of the Latvian Foreign Ministry, who called on the International Atomic Energy Agency to immediately intervene in the situation with the blackout of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant..

In response to the IAEA, everything is correct, again they did not see a critical threat. Simply: “The event violates a key safety principle in ensuring uninterrupted power supply”. Otherwise, everything seems to be fine: " Well, anxiety. Ok, full set of unsubscribe.

But it's not just about trifles.. The world should remember that the presence of a nuclear power plant is a high risk. Even battles cannot be waged in their area (no one fought until 2022), so as not to provoke oncoming fire in the direction of nuclear facilities. And you don’t have to get directly into the reactor for a catastrophe to happen, which is proved by the current case..

Do not think that in two days everything will explode. But when the fuel for the generators runs out, events may well unfold according to the Fukushima scenario, with the heating of the stored fuel. Moreover, the shelling that led to this accident is hardly the last.

The Russian Federation is systematically playing the political card of a “forced attack”, they say, frenzied Ukrainian nationalists will blackmail the whole world with their nuclear power plants. This is not new information, many diplomats have already heard this version. And it began to play with absolutely bright colors after Zelensky’s Munich speech, in which he questioned the implementation of the Budapest Memorandum by Ukraine.

Worse, we understood that this particular scenario was likely, and blew all the pipes that our nuclear facilities were under threat in the first place, that at least the sky above them should be closed, because aiming, like nobility, is not about our.

We were listened to and... expressed concern in response. Now the concern is deep. This means that you can fire at other nuclear facilities, the war will write everything off. But the wind will blow it all far beyond the borders of Ukraine, he does not know where the borders of NATO begin.

First of all, right now and urgently, it is necessary to provide a corridor for the repair and restoration of power supply to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. This is a real task for both the IAEA and the UN.

Then it is necessary to raise again the issue of the security of all nuclear facilities in the territory of hostilities and not be limited to concern. Stocks of high-precision weapons in the Russian army is getting smaller. Simple half-ton " And, apparently, the scale of their use will increase.. It has already flown into the Kharkov nuclear installation. Yes, by chance, but the longer the war, the more such cases. With hundreds of missile launches and their trajectories passing over nuclear power plants, anything is possible.. And here it’s already fair to weigh: close the sky, irritating Putin, or not close it, allowing a nuclear catastrophe in the EU. Yes, the war is limited to Ukrainian territory. That's just the escaped radiation will not care about the borders, and no one has yet been able to either write it off or push it back. 37 years ago, Chernobyl already made the planet shudder. It's hard to believe, but there were those who wanted to " No one will be able to sit. Even if you struggle to close your eyes wide.