[000:00:00;00] be healthy, goodbye, threat of a nuclear disaster is it possible to detonate the zaporizhia npp, what are the risks of a possible provocation? we have gathered the opinions of experts. this is bbc ukraine . olha ponomaryev is working in the studio . and order the personnel to leave what an armed provocation might look like what is it scary at a nuclear facility and how

to prevent a catastrophe of the second day chained to the situation around the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine reported on the possible preparation of provocations on the territory of the ukrainian armed forces the day before. president zelenskyi also spoke about this in his address . according to him, the russians placed explosives on the roof of the gas station. let me remind you that the russian military has controlled the station since last march in 2018, the energy facility was captured in the second week after the start of the war. volodymyr zelenskyi noted that in the event of a provocation, the world must react. we have information that on on the roof of several power units of the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the russian military placed objects similar to explosives, perhaps to simulate an attack on the plant, perhaps they have some other scenarios, but in any case, the world sees and cannot help but see that the only source of danger for the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is

russia itself and no one else, well, about the fact that russia is considering the scenario of a terrorist attack on the zaporizhzhia npp , volodymyr zelenskyy spoke two weeks ago, later he warned about mining, more precisely, about additional mining of the cooler its head of military intelligence, kyrylo budanov, denies the accusations in the kremlin , but he , on the other hand, in a blur, said that ukraine is supposed to attack the zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant on the night of july 5. inside the zaporizhzhia npp, its employees were held hostage and are working. at gunpoint, they say that the occupiers are forcing them to carry out orders. olga kosharna keeps with them there are now more than 1,300 ukrainian workers and

200 russians working there, the conditions are very difficult, they cannot move freely through the premises in which they are required to inspect and repair equipment according to the instructions. due to the threat of leakage of radioactive waste in ukraine and beyond, this the station has been a concern throughout the war, the ukrainian authorities warn that the russians are planning to blow it up, have already mined it and evacuated their employees, russia must be clearly aware of what scenarios the world sees terrorists are preparing and the world is ready to react, radiation is a threat to everyone, to everyone in the world, the nuclear power station must be fully secured, and at the same time on russian television, a representative of rosatomu accuses ukraine of planning an attack on the u.s. ukrainian intelligence was right when it warned that the kakhovka dam was mined and

then blown up by a hare - these are six huge reactors all of them are not working now, but the problems with the second largest nuclear plant are not something that you want to deal with on the other side of the front in the vicinity tens of thousands of ukrainians live in populated areas. they are already familiar with infrastructural displacement. some of them still do not have water after about 25 km of the kakhovskaya dam atomic power plant was destroyed in june, and i know that 20-30% of the city has already been evacuated . we have settlers from the occupied territories. we have an alarm bell, local news and telegram channels are available to us, which inform us how to prepare, what to take and do first of all. we also have an air alarm that sounds almost every hour. and here we are with you we talk and she works but we don't know what anxiety will be the last for us

what uh will be the last inside the station the workers are under extremely high pressure they live in constant stress they were threatened and their family members were taken away i know that several people committed suicide because no could withstand such pressure, they have already been in occupation for 500 days, they say that the russians do not leave the station for a moment, it is obvious that there is an information war going on, and should we be equally skeptical about the important messages of both sides, absolutely and completely psychological operations as we call it is a key part of the war critically important however if they can use such propaganda to stop the counteroffensive no matter what i'm sure they will do it i can't imagine that there is such an evil that can blow up a nuclear power plant but the russians and putin personally keep doing unthinkable things

so far it's just a war of words but tragedy can still happen and in this war critical infrastructure pipelines and dams become part of this dirty game when talking about a possible accident at a nuclear plant, they usually mention the two tragedies that took place in ukraine and japan. the catastrophes at the chernobyl nuclear power plant in fukushima, however , is it correct to compare those events with the current situation at zs and is everything so serious ? what can happen if explosives are closely planted on the roofs of the reactors this is what we asked maryana budzhera , a nuclear safety researcher at harvard university. in fact, they will cause radioactive emissions into

the atmosphere, what we know now probably not like that, they cannot damage many elements , they can damage buildings, they can damage, say, turbines, so what kind of things do they work on, which work and produce electricity, this is absolutely a vitally necessary e-e system for e-e work under the as and then it may even be too expensive to repair and restore it. that is, it can spill out with the fact that the russians can obviously cause such damage from which it is already asleep and probably it will be cheaper to close it altogether than to restore it, it will be easier for the russians to arrange

it, it will be easier for the russians to arrange it, especially to think about it and arrange it, actually, radiological, radioactive exit, radioactive, it will be more difficult for them to have some kind of catastrophe. as we are told, it is most likely that such measures cause pollution of the territory itself from the nuclear power plant, so that either or some, well, i don’t know on a large scale, perhaps, into the atmosphere, but again for this you need to work very, very hard for this you need to damage the shelter make one shelter very reliable a that protects the active zones of the reactor and er pools of spent fuel for this you need to damage er cooling systems for this you need to pump water from er from the most active zones of the reactor and in these e cooling basins and, in addition

to all that, lay special explosives e-e that would detonate this e-e metallic metallic fuel itself, that is , for this we have to try very, very hard. we certainly cannot count on the fact that in the russians will lose the desire or is it possible to do this, but even well , in such cases, it depends on, of course , what they have in mind, if it is one reactor, then even the amount of this fuel is significant, but it is not comparable to what happened at chornobyl. yes, there was sometimes more fuel in one reactor. in the active zone of the reactor than now in one rector, it is more likely that something like what happened at the focus of the time

but again with the correction that e fuel well, now i am much less active, it is cooling already at least from september, that is, first of all, some radionuclides will no longer be there because their life expectancy in nature is limited, other radionuclides will of course remain there for a certain time, and again it's even more incredible that they will directly pollute the territory for e-e with a possible exit , of course, into the atmosphere. explosive mines and asking for access to the station about the risks of a possible provocation, justin, a former military intelligence officer, says, as we have seen for a long time , it is difficult even for a megate inspector to get

reliable information about what is happening at this npp. they visited the station and complained that they were only allowed to see certain objects. jects and were not allowed everywhere, they were glad for the very opportunity to see the station because they could not get there for a very long time, so the situation there is very unclear, but it should be noted that this is not the first time we have had such fears we already experienced this on the night when the russians seized zaporizhzhya npp, similar tensions flared up in august of last year, although the threat was not so specific then , but in reality. in the last few months, anxiety about the safety of the npp has not disappeared from the view of geography and proximity to the front line, as well as the state of kakhovsky reservoirs, that is, there is great anxiety, but there is little or no specifics about what is actually there. one of the problems is that both sides use statements about the zaporizhzhia npp to increase

tensions. this is indeed one of the factors to to a certain extent, it was similar to the rhetoric surrounding the kakhovka hpp, and as you know, over time, the warnings about the explosion came true, so the rhetoric and anxiety are fully justified , because the station is controlled by the russians, and this is an important point. as if for the purpose of defending the nuclear power plant , there have been repeated accusations from the russian side about the alleged intentions of the ukrainians to stage a sabotage there, but ukraine, of course , fears the consequences of what it can and the role of the nuclear power plant as a means of blackmail, given its proximity to everything, it undoubtedly has a strategic value. that is why we are now seeing such attention to it not because of its generating capacity, but because it has the potential for a radiological threat near the

front line. and this is already an escalation that we are still in this war, we did not see when the water level in the reservoir dropped so much as it affects the cooling system of the reactors . as far as we know, the cooling pond is intact, which is good news, because its condition is constantly monitored by inspectors who they work there, in addition, you can rely on the auto power source in order to support the operation of the pumping stations, the day before, according to reports, the primary source of current failed, and therefore the backup generators were connected. they are also discussing other scenarios of a direct hit to the as in this specific period of time today and tomorrow , when both sides they keep saying that something will happen at the station, so in general there are certain risks. but so far everything has been more or less , in my opinion, the station is safe to a certain extent

, although the risks exist primarily related to combat operations at the front, as well as the drop in the water level in the kakhov reservoir changed the military situation near the npp, now it will be more difficult for the ukrainian military to reach the air base. because when there was a sea, they could swim to the station. and now there is 2-3 km of essentially muddy desert and overcome it for the ukrainians it will be more difficult, the front line is approaching the station. and this has always been a potential incentive for the russians to take some radical step . i advise you to read more about what to do if an accident with a hare happens on our website bbc.ua my colleagues talked with specialists and gathered everything you need to know, which areas will be affected, what will be the emission of radiation and what will happen to the environment, an important caveat is that we are talking about hypothetical scenarios or, as experts emphasize, only a deliberate opening of the occupation forces caused by the approach

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ukraine and create the future is now the main and interesting thing in the program verdict serhiy rudenko from monday to friday at 20:00 repeat at 12:10 i congratulate this freedom life my name is vlasta lazar and today in the issue the general staff reports on the success of the offensive near the village klishchivka this is next to bakhmut, and the russian so-called soldiers report that the russian military left klishchivka, what is happening there, we will talk about it in a minute, the russian authorities intend to send even more prisoners and chechens to ukraine of the military to avoid full mobilization and replace the wagnerites after they attempted a mutiny and fell out of favor with the kremlin, how will this story affect the front and is it true that the mutiny contributed to a split in the russian national security system , what british intelligence writes about, we will talk

soon well and less weeks remain until the nato summit in vilnius, but it is not known for sure what will be offered there to kyiv's old thesis about open doors, specific security guarantees, or maybe even an invitation to nato after the end of the war. and if so, what the nato countries will consider the end of the war about this today in svoboda life, the pace of ukraine's counteroffensive now does not mean that it will not be able to repel significant territories , the american institute for the study of war announced this. meanwhile, the general staff announced that the defense forces had partial success in the area of ​​the tick this is near bakhmut , there were also explosions in the occupied territories, for example , today in yasinuvati. yesterday i was in makiivka, these are settlements near occupied donetsk

. what is happening on the front line, my colleague olga armenianishyna will tell directly about the railway station where there is a railway station where there is an occupied yasinuvata in donetsk region on july 5. an explosion rang out in the area of ​​a local railway station controlled by russia . the head of the city announced an attack on the railway infrastructure and a supermarket. the video shows cars burning. the explosion echoes on july 4. late in the evening and in the occupied makiivka , a satellite city of donetsk , there were reports about this in the local public on the page of the strategic communications department of the armed forces of ukraine information that ukrainians were there the military hit the russian warehouse, although the occupation authorities and the kremlin media wrote about the heimers rockets

hitting the hospital , the video published by local telegram channels shows that there were windows and doors in the building . reality established the place of arrival in makiivka based on videos from social networks and data from local residents. it is known that the hit was at an ammunition depot in the unfinished monolith neighborhood between the butivska mine and the city mine hospital number two, journalists clarify that the video clearly shows the explosion of ammunition. well, local telegram channels publish photos of ammunition found by residents near the site of the explosion. meanwhile, one of the russian so-called military commanders reported that the russian military had left klichchev, we left it near bachmut it is necessary to check the pincers under bakhmut, and they will destroy

it if everything is so bad bakhmut under the fire control of the armed forces of ukraine, the general staff of ukraine does not confirm this information, however, it reports on the success heavy fighting continues near klichtivka and on the flanks of bakhmut, added to the general staff in the direction of bakhmut, our troops continue to conduct offensive actions to the north and south of bakhmut, continue to put pressure on the enemy; showed the soldiers of the third assault brigade, they shared a video in july of operations on the outskirts of the city of ramochen

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of frantic resistance of the enemy olya , we will talk about the events in the bakhmut direction , yuriy fedorenko, the commander, has already joined the broadcast companies of attack drones of the achilles 92nd aviation complexes and a separate mechanized brigade named after the basket chieftain ivan sirk good evening glory to ukraine glory to the heroes well, you saw the material yourself, the general staff hints at the fact that there is success in the area of ​​klischyvka , the russian so-called military officers generally openly report that the armed forces ukraine has already been captured, or rather released, and the russian forces have already left. and what is the situation there now ? it is clear for our viewers with you. of the russian occupation forces, and it would be shown in the dynamics in the last i think 1.5 weeks, you see that in the bakhmut direction, due to the strength of the defense, there are

significant successes and gains in moving forward, in knocking out the enemy from the dominant heights , in occupying new plasmas and in occupying new territories and new frontiers, it is worth noting that , according to the official statements of the general staff, more than 50,000 russian occupation troops were concentrated at this station, which are now pitted against us, and the enemy is also actively using storm z units - this is cheap analogue of wagner pvk, i.e. also includes military personnel who were deprived of their liberty on the territory of the russian federation, mobilized, they are offered 200,000 rubles a month, this is what the prisoners say, and additionally, a six-month-year contract and full amnesty in case of laws for this contract are mainly used by such troops as a living force so out of bounds, relatively speaking, as cannon fodder, they are the ones who walk through the minefields, they are the ones who carry out demining by themselves

, and they would visually adjust their tents for climbing by climbing as close as possible to our position , respectively, and the losses among such military personnel are quite high, also in the footage you saw clearly enough how the picture is transmitted, how our assault groups have to work in this direction , the enemy has concentrated a significant amount of artillery, the number of shelling has increased many times compared to how it was 2-3 weeks ago therefore, despite this, our gunners are also effectively implementing the fight against contraband, the air strike component is working , the air reconnaissance component is working, that is , i wish the enemies at the expense of side shocks and such in this way, it is possible to provide an advantage in the initiative of acquiring the defense force, where to move forward so much that it takes a lot of strength from the point of view of both planning and implementation, as they say, with feet on the ground

. we are fighting for our own. this is to confirm or deny the message that the audience is approximately 10 km from bakhmut, that she has either already been fired or is being fired at the moment, emphasizes that we focus exclusively on official statements of the general staff of ukraine, i can only say for our viewers the following: indeed, the successes of the direction are determined. and you said that instead of the wagnerites, russia concentrated on this bakhmut direction, and in general, in the east, there are other forces, as well as imprisonment with which they sign contracts, and in general , how effective are they, if you compare them with the wagnerites themselves, because previously the military who served precisely in the eastern direction always emphasized that the wagnerites

, no matter what they say, are quite effective you know what is happening now, in the spring of this year we also fought on the road from the time of the yaru to bahmut, and fluctuations fought against us, they have a more powerful system of coercion, as well as the institution of the field forces, we have something to do with the connection . it seems to me yuriy yuriy are you can you hear me? maybe we will redial now. if we can't continue the connection, i will remind you in the meantime that we are talking about the situation in the direction of bakhmut. in particular, today there were reports about the situation around the village of klishchevka, which is approximately 9-10 km from bakhmut. and this is the general headquarters of the armed forces of ukraine hints at the fact that there are successes in the attack on the klichtivka, and in particular, the russian so-called warlords also reported on kremlin telegram channels

that the ukrainian armed forces are pushing out the russian forces from the klichtivka, yuriy fedorenko has already rejoined our on the air, can you hear me? that's what you said , you compared the actual wagnerites with the forces that russia currently represents in the eastern direction. some of the commanders lead directly to the groups. they also have a fairly effective system of coercion, which means that the groups that are formed from the route were not fulfilling their tasks and are being liquidated. such