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     Some analysts have been quick to point out that nuclear plants such as Zaporizhzhia are designed to withstand terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
      Several Western and Ukrainian officials believe that Russia has chosen to use the giant nuclear facility as a fortress to protect their troops and stage attacks. They understand that Ukraine will not risk retaliation that could lead to a crisis.
     Antony Blinken is the U.S. Secretary of State. On Monday, he accused Russia of using the plant to shield its forces. Ukraine has warned that the shelling at the plant could be disastrous. The Ukrainian foreign ministry said on Friday that “The possible consequences of hitting an operating reactor are equivalent to the use of an atomic bomb.”
     The United Kingdom (UK) has stated that the actions at the plant have undermined the safety of the plant’s operation. Britain’s ministry of defense issued an intelligence update on Friday. They said, “Russian forces have probably used the wider facility area, in particular the adjacent city of Enerhodar, to rest their forces, utilizing the protected status of the nuclear power plant to reduce the risk to their equipment and personnel from overnight Ukrainian attacks.”
      Dmytro Orlov is the Ukrainian mayor of Enerhodar. He said in late July that Russian forces had been observed using heavy weaponry near the plant because “they know very well that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will not respond to these attacks, as they can damage the nuclear power plant.”
     Dmitry Medvedev is the deputy head of the Russian security council and a close advisor of Russian president Putin. He told the President that the West wants to “destroy Russia”. According to local media reports, he has portrayed the West as acting in an “extremely aggressive” geopolitical assault of Russia. He added that “This is the root cause of the aggressive Russo phobic geopolitical process initiated by the West. “As in the case of Georgia, the Americans deliberately strengthened the feeling of impunity in Kyiv, pumped him with weapons, encouraged the killing of civilians in Donbas. And now they continue to exercise with Ukraine, the fate of which they absolutely do not care. The goal is the same – to destroy Russia.”
     Medvedev claims came as a Russian opposition source said that warmonger President Putin has not abandoned “the options for using nuclear weapons in the war with Ukraine.
     The Putin supporting General SVR Telegram TV channel also claimed that President Putin has “given direct orders to prepare such options.” They went on to say that “Putin usually gives orders to prepare several options for the implementation of a number of decisions. And after preparing all the options, he chooses the one that he likes best, immediately before the implementation of this plan. One of the scenarios for the development of the conflict is being actively prepared, when Putin will be able to realize the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons. The recent shelling by Russian troops of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant occupied by them in Enerhodar is part of the implementation of this scenario. When this plan is implemented, part of the facilities at the station will be blown up and the power unit damaged, while Putin will speak accusing the leadership of Ukraine of nuclear terrorism, blaming Ukraine for the explosions and equating ‘nuclear terrorism’ with the use of nuclear weapons by Ukraine, giving the order to use tactical nuclear weapons as a ‘response’ measure.”