Ukrainian President Zelensky says that the Russians are preparing to attack the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant with explosives that they placed on the roof. That plant is under Russian control. Why exactly would they do this?
Russia has also asked the International Atomic Energy Agency to come and secure this plant and inspect the shelling of this plant for months. They have refused to do so. Russia has been warning about this plant and asking for international protection.
Would Ukraine do this as a false flag after a failed counteroffensive? It is hard to believe that the country that is home to Chernobyl would do such a thing but the counteroffensive is now a bust.
Aleksey Danilov, Ukraine’s Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, says that Ukraine’s task is no longer to retake land but instead “the maximum destruction of manpower, equipment, fuel depots, military vehicles, command posts, artillery and air defense forces of the Russian army.” He added that “the last few days have been particularly fruitful. Now the war of destruction is equal to the war of kilometers.”
This means that they cannot take this land back and they know it. Now is as good a time as ever for peace talks. Now.
