Russian forces ‘fire rockets at SECOND nuclear facility’ in Kharkiv
Russian forces ‘fire rockets at SECOND nuclear facility’: Warning of ‘large-scale ecological disaster’ as missiles hammer Kharkiv physics institute with atomic reactor inside… two days after attack on Zaporizhzhia power plant
Russian forces are reportedly firing at a physics institute with a nuclear reactorUkraine’s national security service made the claim on Facebook on SundayKharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology was responsible for the first nuclear bomb developed by the Soviet UnionThe latest attack comes days after Europe’s largest nuclear power plant was shelled by Vladimir Putin’s forces
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Russian forces are firing rockets at a physics institute in the city of Kharkiv that contains nuclear material and a reactor which could lead to a ‘large-scale ecological disaster’ if hit, according to Ukraine’s national security service.
Missiles fired from Grad launchers do not have precise targeting, raising concern that one could go astray.
Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology – an institute that houses a nuclear reactor – is reportedly under attack from Russian forces
The attack comes two days after Russian forces shelled Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, sparking fears of a nuclear disaster similar to the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
Staff at the Ukrainian nuclear power plant were captured on video pleading with Russian soldiers directing fire on the building before they overtook it two days ago.
Ukrainian authorities released footage from inside the control room of the nuclear plant that shows an announcer begging Russian soldiers to stop shooting at the plant.
‘Stop shooting at a nuclear dangerous facility. Stop shooting immediately! You threaten the security of the whole world!’ the announcer said in a video sent to The New York Times by a source with ties to the local government.
‘The work of the vital organs of the Zaporizhzhia station may be disrupted. It will be impossible for us to restore it,’ the announcer continues.
‘You are endangering the security of the entire world. Attention! Stop shooting at a nuclear hazardous facility. Stop shooting at a nuclear hazardous facility! Stop shooting at a nuclear hazardous facility! Attention! Stop it!’
The institute was responsible for the first nuclear bomb developed by the Soviet Union.
Vladimir Putin has threatened Western forces with nuclear strikes should they directly interfere with his attempts to occupy Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky reiterated a request for foreign protectors to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine, which NATO so far has ruled out because of concerns such an action would draw the West directly into the war.
‘The world is strong enough to close our skies,’ Mr Zelensky said in a video address on Sunday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Saturday that Moscow would consider a third-party declaration to close Ukrainian airspace to be a hostile act.
