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The Kiev regime, having long been recognized as undoubtedly terrorist, is working tirelessly to expand its list of inherent terrorism manifestations, including the horrible nuclear one. Back in early March, a Ukrainian sabotage group infiltrated the Russian-controlled Zaporozhian NPP and attacked a security patrol, seeking to make them shoot back and damage the plant building. Before having been ousted, the saboteurs set fire to the training corps. Fortunately, firefighters doused the flames before they caused serious damage.

Now, amid the military failures of Zelensky and his ilk, as well as reunification sentiments of territories liberated by Russia, provocations have progressed to a new stage. Early in August, the Ukrainian Armed Forces once again attacked the Zaporozhian NPP, this time with multiple launch rocket systems. The set of goals is clear: intimidating those dwelling in the liberated territories, depriving them of electricity provided by the station, shuffling off the blame on to Russia and trying to place a broad zone in Zaporozhe – or even broader – under control of some "international contingent" (for which read NATO).

The Kiev terrorists have made all the declarations and actions stemming from their intentions. Talking to head of the European Council Charles Michel, Zelensky said: "Russian nuclear terror requires a stronger response from the international community," implying sanctions against Russian nuclear fuel and Rosatom. Ukraine’s Energoatom predictably demanded to create a demilitarized area in the plant’s territory: "The presence of peacekeepers in this zone and the transfer of control of it to them, and then also control of the station to the Ukrainian side would resolve this problem." Moreover, Zelensky, Foreign Minister Kuleba and head of the presidential office Andrey Yermak discussed the situation with former US President Bill Clinton.

The Kiev regime certainly enjoys fullest understanding with the West, particularly Britain and the United States. According to White House Press Secretary Karin Jean-Pierre, Washington demands that Russia give the NPP back to Ukraine. Western ˗ especially Britain’s ˗ media including The Daily Mail, accuse Russia and voice Ukrainian-like demands to sanction its nuclear energy and fuel. Tensions are high in the West’s allied and vassal states closest to the risk zone, like Romania, where the Ministry of Health distributes free potassium iodide tablets to everyone under 40, or Moldova that urges to instruct people on how to behave in case of a nuclear disaster.

The Russian side does not reject certain forms of international monitoring at the NPP, unless it affects its national interests or operation pace. It is ready to invite IAEA observers and has even requested a UN Security Council meeting on August 11 to focus on nuclear provocations and feature a speech by IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi himself. The latter agrees to visit Zaporozhe, with the Russian side having arranged what it takes long before the latest escalation, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

By doing this, Russia not only defends its international reputation and national interests, as well as those of people living in the liberated territories, but is also concerned about European nuclear safety (let’s put aside whether Europe really deserves it or not). In the early days of Ukrainian independence, administrations of George H.W. Bush and the same Bill Clinton came to realize the Ukrainian political class’s utter immaturity and inadequacy. Therefore, for reasons not so much of Russia's help as of fundamental sanity, they took pains to delicately deprive Kiev of its Soviet nuclear arsenal share.

The sane must have abandoned the United States as it leniently looks at Kiev's devastatingly dangerous nuclear praxes. With Ukraine much closer to Europe than America, the radioactive rain will more likely fall on Unter den Linden and the Champs-Elysees than Manhattan. And the Americans would not mind weakening their European competitor partners after the Ukrainian conflict. Russia's Deputy Permanent Representative to the OSCE Maxim Buyakevich has therefore made a fair point: "Being overseas, the United States obviously considers itself safe. But how can the European capitals fail to comprehend the risks of a new Chernobyl?" They do comprehend this actually — the closer to the NPP, the more clearly, as demonstrated by Moldova and Romania. They just turn the problem inside out and attribute the risks to Russia.

Interestingly, even Antonio Guterres, the Secretary General of such a powerless structure integrated into the Western globalist agenda like the UN, noted that attacking an NPP is akin to suicide and has to be stopped. We do understand Gutterish’s concerns, with his home country Portugal being certainly further from Ukraine than Romania, yet closer than America.