"Unprecedented for military history." World media - about the critical risks of the Zaporizhzhya NPP crash because of its shelling and occupation by Russia

Ukraine has strengthened the calls to recognize Russia with sponsor of terrorism, and the world media is writing about the risks of damage to the nuclear age for nuclear era due to the actions of the Russian Federation. As a result of Russian shelling, the blame for which the invaders traditionally try to transfer to Ukraine, on August 5, the power lines were damaged at the Zaporozhye NPP, which was why the fourth power unit was disconnected from the power system.

In total, there are six reactors. On Saturday, August 6, the army of the Russian Federation fired at the Occupied ZPP site again: rockets fell near the warehouse of waste nuclear fuel. The fragments from the explosions were damaged by about 800 square meters. m windows in various buildings of the station, one of its employees was a shrapnel wound. In addition, Russian rockets have damaged three radiation monitoring sensors around the dry nuclear fuel storage facility (SSYAP).

Now it is impossible to monitor the deterioration of the radiation or leak from the repository containers in a timely manner, it is impossible to explain in the Energoatom. The company considers the attacks of nuclear terrorism and are convinced that Moscow has several goals: to destroy the station infrastructure, to damage the transmission lines and to supply the power system of Ukraine to disconnect the south of the country.

“Such actions by the Rashists went to a new scenario - a scenario of destruction, the creation of a nuclear and radiation accident at the ZPP. Therefore, shelling of the station will continue to continue, ”Energoatom said. There they also exposed Russia in the "actual mine" of two power units of the station, where Russian troops placed military equipment with weapons and explosives in machine halls.

"And this is in addition to the mine line of the Coastline at the line of the cooler pond and the adjacent shore of the Kakhovka reservoir," the company said. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that such actions of the army of the Russian Federation are another argument in favor of Russia's recognition of the country - sponsor of terrorism and imposing rigid sanctions against the Russian nuclear industry. “It is the largest nuclear power plant on our continent.

And any shelling of this object is a frank, bold crime, an act of terror. Russia should be responsible for the very fact of the threat of NPP, ”he said. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reminded that the possible consequences of the involvement of Russian missiles into the active reactor are equal to the use of atomic bomb.

Ukrainian diplomats urge the world community to force Russia to leave the ZPP and transfer the power plant under control of Ukraine for the safety of the whole world. The CEO of the International Atomic Energy Agency Grossi Agency Agency requires IDA inspectors at the Zaporizhzhya NPP. After her shelling by Russian troops, he stated "a very real danger of a nuclear catastrophe, which can threaten the health of the population and the environment in Ukraine and abroad.

" This appeal was joined by the European Union, where the military activities of Russia in the Zaporizhzhya NPP were condemned and urged the aggressor country to provide IDA to the IDA. On August 8, the IAEA mission to the station also called on the UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres. "Any attack on the nuclear power plant is suicide," he said. The situation around the ZPEU was the focus of the world media.

NV has collected extracts from several new publications that analyze Russia's threats to Ukraine and all of Europe. All materials quoted the phrase from the recent statement of Energoatom: "This time the nuclear catastrophe was miraculously avoided, but miracles cannot last forever. " however, "reached a critical point" after shelling on August 5 - now on behalf of the IAEA there are warnings that fighting in the occupied station can lead to a "nuclear catastrophe".

The American TV channel makes it clear that, despite Russian propaganda statements, responsibility for Critical measures for Moscow's risks in Moscow. Yes, the head of the EU Foreign Political Office Josep Borrel described strokes at the station as "a serious and irresponsible violation of nuclear safety rules and another example of how Russia neglects international standards.

" Moscow to use the station to cover their troops and the Ministry of Defense led Britain has stated that Russia's actions on the occupied de facto is a sabotage of its safe work. "Some Western and Ukrainian officials believe that Russia uses a giant nuclear object as a bridgehead to protect its troops and the organization of attacks, as they believe that Kyiv will not open fire in response and risk a crisis," CNN writes.

To explain the extent of the risks that provokes the Russian Federation, the TV channel quotes the head of Magra Raphael Grosssey, who stated: "Any fire opened in or from the object will be equivalent to a fire with potentially catastrophic consequences. " The Wall Street Journal writes that a series of strokes at the station "provoked fears that war can lead to a nuclear disaster.

" The publication calls new shelling of the ZPP "the last in the queue of the incidents at the nuclear objects of Ukraine", including the previous fire in the area of ​​ZPP [in March], provoked by the Russian rocket, and shutdown of electricity at the Chernobyl She brought out troops from the north of Ukraine. "WSJ reminds that, according to Ukraine, about 500 Russian servicemen are at the nuclear power station, from where they firing Ukrainian positions for several weeks.

New York Times emphasizes that Russian soldiers use the Zaporozhye NPPs as a base for attack Nikopol -controlled by Ukraine on the opposite bank of the Dnieper. The publication states that a wave of indignation due to a violation of nuclear safety (including the statement of the CEO of Magora Rafael Grosssey) has yet had any effect to displace the Russian army from the object.

"NYT emphasizes Grossi's words that the situation at the ZPP is now worried about him much more than in the Chernobyl area The Russian troops were also occupied by Russian troops at the beginning of the war.

And if at the Chernobyl NPP after withdrawal of Russian troops IAEA inspectors have already restored radiation control sensors and other radiation detection devices, then the agency's experts cannot yet access the key reactors in Zaporozhye, since the presence and shelling of Russian occupation troops in the station do Visit is too dangerous for inspectors. This increases the likelihood that if the object is harmed, then the real danger will be at least difficult to evaluate, Grossi added.

NYT also emphasizes the reports of the Ukrainian side that the occupiers block access to shelters at the station for employees of the ZPP and take other measures of psychological pressure, including the employees of the reactor management point. Employees have previously been strict interrogations, including electric torture, resembles a newspaper, which increases the risk of emergency events at the station due to a human error.

The Washington Post writes that profile experts have long warned of a serious threat posed by intense fighting around the ZPP, but Saturday strikes in the area of ​​waste fuel storage "have caused even greater anxiety. " "This is especially dangerous because these buildings are not built from the same reinforced concrete as the reactor protective shell," explained WP Daryil Kimbol, Executive Director of the Armament Control Association.

"These objects were not designed as a fortress to protect against external rocket or artillery blows. " The possibility of a visit by IAEA inspectors to the NPP is evaluated as "unlikely", especially since the fighting in the area is only intensifying. This situation has no precedents in military history, reminiscent of WP.

"This is the first time in the history of the nuclear era, when a large nuclear energy object has been in the center of the active fighting zone for a long time," Kimbol emphasizes. He warns that the loss of power at the station is also a significant threat. "Each of these power plants has a limited number of days during which work on backup diesel generators is possible," the expert explained. German DW gathered experts' opinions about the risks that the stations of the Russian army are caught.

Currently, Zaporizhzhya NPP is "extremely vulnerable" for melting reactors, warns by Sean Bernie, a specialist in nuclear technologies from the East Asian Greenpeace department. If the station loses its power supply due to the possible intensification of hostilities in the area, the backup generators and batteries will not be enough to cool not only six reactors, but also large pools with high -projective waste fuel, the expert warns.

Separately, he emphasized another risk factor: the vital need for free and safe work of Ukrainian staff at NPPs. Although in Russia twice as much atomic reactors than in Ukraine, most of them have old models, so Russian engineers have no experience to serve new technologies in Zaporozhye, Bernie emphasizes. And at the end of July, the CEO Rafael Grosssey said in an interview with DW that the agency has only "fragmentary" contacts with Ukrainian staff at the facility.