Damascus - Sana
After the explicit threat made public by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to target Russian soldiers inside the Zaporozhye nuclear plant, the nuclear power plant became in the eye of the storm, and with it concerns of "nuclear terror" exploded globally, while the governments of Western countries were satisfied with the absolute silence about that horror.
The Zaporozhye station, which is the largest in Europe, has become the focus of the world’s attention today because of what it constitutes a source of anxiety and terror for the peoples of Europe, especially after being targeted several times by Ukrainian forces for fear of a repeat of the Chernobyl disaster, which was expressed by Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Publications of the Russian Foreign Ministry Ivan Nechaev He said that the bombing of the Zaporozhye nuclear plant by the forces of the Kyiv regime was considered an act of nuclear terrorism.
Nechaev's statement came after Vladimir Rogov, a member of the Civil Military Council of the Zaporozhye District Administration, announced that the air defense systems had repelled an attack by Ukrainian forces on the city of Energograd and the nuclear power plant, and confirmed his intention to present all facts and documents that prove the fact of terrorist attacks on atomic power plants by Ukrainian forces.
Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's representative to international organizations in Vienna reflected these concerns, calling on Western countries to pressure their ally, "the regime in Kyiv", to stop targeting the station, especially since its nuclear radiation risks reach five thousand kilometers, according to the Russia Today website.
Not only did Ulyanov explain the grave dangers of Kyiv's actions, but demanded the United Nations to intervene to ensure the safety of the plant, given that giving the green light for the visit of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency to the nuclear power plant is the responsibility of the United Nations Secretariat, according to the Russian TASS Agency.
“We worked closely with the organization in May and made arrangements for the visit, but the United Nations Secretariat prevented the visit at the last minute without explaining the reasons,” Ulyanov said, explaining that an international team could not be sent during the continued artillery bombardment, and “this is the main obstacle.”
According to several media reports, the United Nations has so far not allowed the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, to travel to Ukraine, not only for security reasons, but because of controversy over the itinerary, after concerns raised by the agency’s experts who warned against damaging the spent fuel pools at the station or reactors, according to W. de.
On the dangers of damaging the spent fuel pools in the plant or the reactors, environmental historian Kate Brown at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said that the spent fuel pools are nothing but large basins with rods of uranium fuel that are very hot depending on how long they stay there, explaining that if the water is not renewed from time to time The water will evaporate, heat the zirconium layer and ignite, which will lead to a radioactive uranium fire very similar to the one that happened at Chernobyl, which will release a whole range of radioactive isotopes.
Today, Russian Deputy Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Maxim Boyakevich, described the attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces on the station as “nuclear terrorism,” explaining at a special meeting of the OSCE Council that killing civilians and soldiers is not enough for the Kyiv regime, so he decided to raise the risks and detain Europe. The entirety is held hostage, hitting the nuclear plant and creating the risks of a large-scale nuclear catastrophe.
While Boyakevich emphasized that the complete silence of the OSCE leadership regarding the heinous war crimes committed and perpetrated by the Kyiv regime, whose number is doubling every day, tarnishes the reputation of the organization, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the State Duma Leonid Slutsky said that all the statements of support from the G7 foreign ministers are Nothing but sponsorship of nuclear terrorism.
Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, stressed in a briefing to the Security Council a few days ago that Kyiv's attacks on nuclear sites are pushing the world into a radiation disaster similar to the Chernobyl disaster, holding Kyiv's Western sponsors fully responsible for the possible nuclear disaster at the Zaporozhye plant, according to Russia Today.
In turn, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, expressed his country's grave concern over the recent bombing of the nuclear plant in Ukraine, calling for it to act with caution, refrain from any action that would jeopardize nuclear safety and security, and spare no effort to minimize any potential accidents.
These fears are compounded after the Ukrainian forces yesterday mined a bridge in the Zaporozhye region to blow it up, according to what was announced by the Director of the Defense Affairs Department of the Russian Defense Ministry, Mikhail Mizintsev, at a time when Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova warned that the Kyiv regime “takes all of Europe hostage” by bombing it. Zaporozhye station.
Fahmy El Shaarawy
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