ORAC

Ukrainian intelligence officials have stated today that Russian forces and occupation officials have begun to evacuate the cities of Enerhodar and Melitopol and several other settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region near the ZNPP…




​​​​​​​Ukraine is going to attack the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant with high-precision weapons and kamikaze drones tonight, adviser to the head of Russia's nuclear power operator Rosenergoatom says - RIA

Sfojimbo

I wouldn't expect that to come to pass until late next year for armored vehicles and loaded trucks, and then only if next year is a dry year.

langleybaston

Thus Armageddon looms and not a column inch from BBC and D Tel on line.

Lots of trivia, much like the lives that the me me generation cling to.

​​​​​​​Be lucky

Sfojimbo

No, it doesn't claim they are evacuating Melitopol, they are apparently removing a roadblock there.

Russia is making an awful lot of noise over this. I can't believe they would cause a large radiation release, that could only be done intentionally and I can't see how it would help the Russian cause.
I guess we find out soon where this is going to go.

ORAC

Ukrainian Sources were reporting earlier today that Equipment and Personnel with the Mobile Radiation Units of the Russian Ministry of Defense and Emergency Situations have been observed moving through the Cities of Enerhodar and Mariupol with some seen near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.



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ORAC

​​​​​​​The International Atomic Energy Agency reported that the Main Power Supply to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was “Cut” last night with the Facility being placed onto its recently restored Backup-Power Line for the First Time in over 4 months.

langleybaston

No. I did not post the quotation. Absolutely beyond my limited competence.

Sfojimbo

oops, sorry about that. I should have credited ORAC for that post.

rattman

Fighter bomber is reporting another MIG-31 crash in the east. Having a bad run

HOVIS

Nothing on BBC but it has made most of the press including that D T.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...nuclear-plant/

NutLoose

https://twitter.com/maria_drutska

Mariner9

I can see Russia using this alleged Ukrainian strike on Zaporizhzhia NPP as an excuse to launch tactical nuclear strikes on Ukraine "in response".

pasta

The optimist in me says that, while it would be utterly irrational for Russia to cause a large release of radiation, it's probably quite rational for them to let Ukraine think that's what they're going to do.

Mind you, expecting Russia to behave in a rational manner is probably asking a bit much...

Imagegear

Not many truly thought the Russians would blow up the dam, then they did.

IG

Ninthace

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-N...1341688329705/

So is the NPP mined or isn’t it?

fdr

A radiation release by the Russians would block the potential crossing over a large part of the front, assuming that the Ukrainians are actually far more humane than the Russians, which they seem to be by all evidence to date. I don't put it past Russia to do something that evil and self destructive. I hope for common sense to prevail, not so common in Russia, more psychopathic in general at least within their govt and media.

fdr

For the next week, any radionuclides will end up going southbound, contaminating southern Ukraine, Crimea, Romania, Moldova, and Turkey, and then, with grace, it will be travelling back to the NE back towards the criminals. They may want to check their forecasts before making attacks on at least 2 NATO countries.

Assuming that any specific wind pattern will be the sole driver of contamination is asinine. The Fukushima INES 7 event showed that it will get ugly, and there is a certainly that NATO countries will be contaminated, a direct consequence of a nuclear terrorist state action, and in fact, China seems to be right in the wrong [wong?] place, and will not be too happy, even in Moscow. What is evident is a deliberate release or destruction of ZNPP or any other NPP for that matter is a crime against all humanity, and an act of war against all others.




700mB, (10,000') this weekend...




Fukushima Cs137 spread, 2 weeks after the start of the event.







250mB (jet stream country) this weekend.



By Roulex_45 - Own work, from Sources : Modélisation de la dispersion des rejets radioactifs dans l’atmosphère à l’échelle globale, IRSN, 21 mars 2011, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/inde...curid=18209612

ORAC

Interesting theory. A couple of tweets regarding Prigozhin…

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NutLoose

But prior to the dam being built in 56 one would assume there were buildings etc that may have had to be demolished when they formed the lake, one also wonders if there were old road beds that prior to flooding crossed the area from one side to the other, one imagines as these would have been flat with the landscape they may well have survived and will form stable crossing points. Just a thought, rather like this

FUMR

RE ORAC'S post: All plausible, as are 101 other theories!