https://southfront.press/russia-efficiently-avoids-chernobyl-2-0-while-kiev-regime-promotes-nuclear-terror-in-zaporozhye/

Written by Lucas Leiroz, journalist, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, geopolitical consultant

The bombings against the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) are one of the most controversial topics regarding the Ukrainian conflict. The Kiev regime and its Western partners accuse the Russian Federation of using missiles and drones against the Energodar station, while evidence points to Ukrainian responsibility for the crimes.

Recently, the Russian media group “Vashi Novosti”, with support from the State Duma, organized a press tour in the New Territories of the Russian Federation. I participated in the media team representing the BRICS Journalists Association and was once again able to see the reality of the conflict zone on the ground.

We had the opportunity to visit ZNPP to check the local reality. The tour had several different moments. We participated in a press conference with ZNPP’s spokespeople and talked about the local situation. We were informed that the station’s energy production is at its normal level, despite constant Ukrainian terrorist provocations. The presence of Western weapons in the attacks was also reported, which shows the complicity of the sponsors of the neo-Nazi regime with nuclear terrorism.

We saw the areas of the plant that were hit by Ukrainian drones and artillery. The location of the targets shows that the bombings came from regions under Ukrainian control, a fact that would be enough to prove the responsibility of the Kiev regime, but which is ignored by Western powers and international organizations.

Station employees took us to the location of the nuclear reactors, showing how the facility is protected by an anti-drone structure, given the repeated attacks against the site. The bombed areas have some damage, but, as explained by experts, none of this damage is enough to generate any type of nuclear leak.

The structure of the plant is extremely strong, which prevents small bombings from being enough to cause problems. The Ukrainian attacks, in the end, seem really futile. One of the spokespeople commented that such raids are just terrorist acts, with no real strategic objective.

Analyzing Ukrainian military praxis, it is possible to say that the intention behind the attacks is to generate fear among the Russian population. The work of employees at the plant is efficient and, combined with the station’s solid infrastructure, guarantees that there is no major risk of nuclear leakage. However, the population is not aways aware of these technical details and simply fears that there will be an accident due to the attacks.

Many of the inhabitants of Zaporozhye are terrified because they remember what happened in Chernobyl. There is a fear that something similar could happen in the region – and it is precisely this type of emotion that the Kiev regime wants to provoke by bombing the plant. The strategy is clear: promote psychological warfare and terror to make local people pressure the Russian government to stop the special military operation.

Obviously, the Ukrainian plan is failing. Support for Russian military initiatives is absolute. Civilian cars with the letters Z and V circulate through the streets of the city, expressing the endorsement of ordinary people for the special military operation. Obviously, many residents are afraid of a new Chernobyl, but this fear only makes them support Moscow even more, as they know that only by defeating the Kiev Junta will it be possible to end terrorism in the New Regions.

In fact, this journalistic expedition was just another of Russia’s repeated initiatives to show the world the reality of Zaporozhye and the New Regions. Moscow is not acting in fear of the truth. On the contrary, the Russian attitude is one of transparency with international society, with constant invitations for specialized observers and journalists to go to ZNPP to check the reality. It was Russia that invited the IAEA members to the plant and guaranteed the safety of the experts during the observation work, which shows how Russia really wants the truth to be exposed.

Meanwhile, Kiev never stopped bombing. Rafael Grossi, head of the IAEA, recently admitted that there are no Russian heavy weapons around the plant, which in practice means Moscow is not responsible for the attacks. Obviously, the Western media continues to hide these facts with its anti-Russian censorship apparatus, which shows the importance of such initiative of taking foreign journalists to the conflict zone. At some point in the near future, the truth will be available in the entire world.