Ukrainian war, Russia attacks Chernobyl: nuclear power plant alarm

The Russian troops who invaded Ukraine from Belarus “have entered the Chernobyl area: the National Guard, which oversees the storage facility for hazardous radioactive waste, is resisting”. This was reported – without citing independent sources – by Ukraïnska Pravda, one of the main online newspapers in Kiev, explaining that “if Russian artillery attacks destroy the nuclear waste storage facility, radioactive dust could cover the territories of Ukraine. , Belarus and the European Union “. Read also “A declaration of war against the whole of Europe”, is how the President of Ukraine Volodymyr defined the attack by Russia on the Chernobyl power plant. “The Russian occupation forces are trying to take over the Chernobyl power plant. Our defenders are giving their lives so that the 1986 tragedy does not happen again,” the Ukrainian president wrote on Twitter, saying he had talked about it with the Swedish premier. “A humanitarian catastrophe due to the risks of fighting near nuclear plants” in Ukraine and the “escalation towards a nuclear war” is the alarm that the doctors, American and Russian, of the International Physicians for the prevention of nuclear war sound. (Ippnw) in a document published online. According to Linda Pentz Gunter, founder of Beyond Nuclear, “no matter the genesis, the cause or who started what, the reality is that there are 15 nuclear reactors operating in Ukraine – remember – If the reactors are in the midst of conflict or war, they cannot simply be abandoned. This requires us to urgently avoid this possibility. ” According to experts, “the war could lead to a disaster similar or worse than the Chernobyl reactor collapse of 1986”. Olga Mironova, a cardiologist from Moscow and president of the Russian Ippnw, appeals to all parties in the conflict “to step back before the abyss” and to “persevere with diplomatic efforts to reduce tensions and negotiate a peaceful solution”.