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While the war in Ukraine continued at full speed, remarkable statements came from Zelenski. Ukraine’s leader announced the ‘special’ goal of Kiev to the world.
Russia The war, which started at the behest of President Putin, is moving towards a new and dangerous dimension.
The Russian army, which had set the country’s capital, Kiev, as its main target from the first day of the war, retreated from the region after weeks of siege and a series of attack attempts, and turned its direction to the east of the country.
In this context, Russia targeted many cities in this region and secured the control of Lysychansk, which is also known as the ‘last fortress in Donbass’.
While the war is concentrated in the Donetsk region, the eyes of the world are on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
Two of the six reactors at the nuclear facility are currently operating. Experts warn that conflicts in the region could lead to a disaster.class=”medianet-inline-adv”>
While warnings that a possible accident in the region could lead to a nuclear disaster, the President of Ukraine ZelenskyRemarkable statements came from.
Ukraine’s leader announced that troops stationed at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant will become ‘special targets’.
Zelenski used the following statements in his public address;
‘Any Russian soldier who shoots using the facility as a cover must understand that he has become a special target for our intelligence agents, special services and military.’
WHY IS THIS POWER PLANT IMPORTANT?
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, built between 1984 and 1995, is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and the ninth largest in the world.
The plant, which has six reactors producing 950 MW each and a total output of 5,700 MW, produces a quarter of Ukraine’s energy.
The resort is located in Enerhodar in southeastern Ukraine, on the banks of the Kakhovka reservoir on the Dnieper river.
The nuclear power plant is located about 200 kilometers from the Donbas region and 550 kilometers southeast of Kiev.
Russian troops had captured the station, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, responsible for 20% of Ukraine’s energy needs, early in the war.class=”medianet-inline-adv”>
IT COST TEN THOUSANDS OF LIVES
On April 26, 1986, the city of Chernobyl, 130 kilometers north of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, which was part of the Soviet Union at that time, witnessed one of the most terrible environmental disasters in human history.
The explosion at the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the city of Pripyat released an amount of radiation equal to 50 times the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.
After the explosion, clouds full of radioactive material affected many countries, including Turkey, and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster caused the death of approximately 200,000 people directly or indirectly, according to some independent studies.
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