This is genocide. The workers at the plant were made to sign contracts that included a declaration of being a Russian citizen. When a person loses their identity of citizenship it can result in catastrophic outcomes. As examples:
...Russian exiles (click here) under the Soviet laws of the 1920s, Jews under the Reich citizenship laws enacted by Nazi Germany in the 1930-40s, Kurds in Syria under the “Arabisation” policy of the 1960s, Rohingya in Myanmar after the passing of an ethnicity-based citizenship law in the 1980s... In all these cases people died. This is not a minor problem.
Ukraine wants it's land back to reestablish the homeland for the people currently under siege or in exile. The Zaphorizhzhia nuclear power plant has been an issue for a long time now and the Russians have proven to be in competent in protecting the people and the world from a nuclear accident. There is every reason to believe there will be an enormous accident. The latest report was that Russian troops were planting bombs around the plant. No doubt to prevent anyone from retaking the power plant and begin competent operations.
The manner in which Russia has conducted itself throughout this latest expansionism episode is through every definition of genocide. People and children were deliberately killed for soldiers hatred of them. Some of the details of the death of these people are horrific. Russians have abducted people and children into it's borders and relocated them into areas of Russia where they have no frame of reference. They are now defined as Russians or at least we think that is the case. There have been public displays of children indoctrinated to speak of welcoming their new status as Russians. Where a child resists they are punished.
The International Criminal Courts have decided there are children killed in the manner defined as genocide. There is just no doubt that Russian occupation of Ukraine in any manner is carried out with genocidal intentions.
The Zaphorizhzhia nuclear plant is being abandoned by Russian troops because of the ongoing war. It is unclear the danger that now exists with workers being evacuated. But, one thing is certain, the Russians are evacuating and abandoning this nuclear plant. It is time Zaphorizhzhia is declared neutral territory and restaffed with competent third party personnel. That will dilute any war intentions and remove the threat to Ukraine of Russian occupation. The plant does not have to be restarted because that would pose a far different danger, but, it does not the attention of competent personnel soon.
Russia has no right to this power plant and is obviously abandoning it. It is time to declare the power plant and land surrounding it as neutral. The IAEA can oversee its operations with approved staff that answers only to them.
May 10, 2023
Kyiv - Russian forces (click here) are planning to evacuate more than 3,000 workers from the town that serves the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, resulting in a "catastrophic lack" of personnel, Ukraine's state-owned Energoatom company said on Wednesday.
Last week, the head of the U.N.'s nuclear power watchdog, Rafael Grossi, said the situation around the Russian-held nuclear station had become "potentially dangerous" after Moscow-installed officials began evacuating people from nearby areas....
...Reuters was not able to independently verify the reports. Russia did not immediately comment.
Ukraine is widely expected to soon launch a counteroffensive to try to push back Russian forces, and commentators say retaking the whole of the Zaporizhzhia region is one of its aims....
May 10, 2023
Kyiv - Russian forces (click here) are planning to evacuate more than 3,000 workers from the town that serves the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, resulting in a "catastrophic lack" of personnel, Ukraine's state-owned Energoatom company said on Wednesday.
Last week, the head of the U.N.'s nuclear power watchdog, Rafael Grossi, said the situation around the Russian-held nuclear station had become "potentially dangerous" after Moscow-installed officials began evacuating people from nearby areas....
...Reuters was not able to independently verify the reports. Russia did not immediately comment.
Ukraine is widely expected to soon launch a counteroffensive to try to push back Russian forces, and commentators say retaking the whole of the Zaporizhzhia region is one of its aims....
This was the past. We need not repeat it.
Kyiv - Russian rocket and artillery strikes (click here) hit areas across the Dnieper River from Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, Ukrainian officials said Sunday, as fears persisted that fighting in the vicinity could damage the plant and cause a radiation leak....
...Authorities last week began distributing iodine tablets to residents who live near the Zaporizhzhia plant in case of radiation exposure, which can cause health problems.
Much of the concern centers on the cooling systems for the plant’s nuclear reactors. The systems require power to run, and the plant was temporarily knocked offline Thursday because of what officials said was fire damage to a transmission line. A cooling system failure could cause a nuclear meltdown....
