⚠️ Petro Kotin, President of Ukraine's Energoatom: last night Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) was on the verge of a nuclear and radiation accident ☢️
@Andy_Scollick This seems like a sensationalist account if you compare it with the IAEA report of the same event: https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-200-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine
@tobychev "It was the ZNPP’s first complete external power outage since May 22 this year." In other words, if external main power and back up lines hadn't been restored and diesel stock for back-up generators had been exhausted - as one might expect when the fighting closes in on ZNPP in the coming months - then there's a risk of meltdown. Either the Russians leave ZNPP and area without a fight or surrender or they get liquidated on site. You were saying about "sensationalist"?
@Andy_Scollick Is "Last night, the occupationists almost ended up in a bad way." really compatible with "if nothing was done before diesel stores run out"? To me, that's a sensationalist framing. Here I also note the IAEA mention of reactor 4 "now" transitioning from "semi-hot shutdown" to hot, which to me strongly implies *action was taken* by the operators to lower the output of the core during the loss of external power.
More generally, the employees at the IAEA take substantial risks to bring us largely impartial accounts of what happens at the ZNPP precisely so we don't have to trust the word of the belligerents, who both try to use the dangerous situation at the ZNPP as a propaganda weapon.
@tobychev Is the IAEA an expert on Russian General Staff strategic planning? I don't think so. Does the IAEA have 9 years' experience of Ukrainian Armed Forces' strategic thinking regarding the presence of ZNPP and other NPPs in the battle space? I don't think so. There are times when you listen to the military and military analysts. This is one of them (I should know).
@tobychev Whereas Ukraine's General Staff have very strict rules of engagement regarding not only the ZNPP complex but also the surrounding zones, the Russian General Staff have direct political interference from the top (Putin) down. In other words, your 'both sideism' is false and verging on disinformation. Suggest you apply more insight and nuance in your analysis.
@Andy_Scollick I see you have no intention of taking anything I say as a good faith effort of making a point.
@Andy_Scollick Really, what was the point of saying that? What use do I have
of insincere well wishes? The polite thing to do would have been to not reply at all.
@tobychev Have a good weekend.