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UKRAINE UPDATE: NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

August 8th, 2022
MONDAY 8 AUGUST 2022

Flashpoint Ukraine (8/8/22) Podcast
- Zaporizhzhia Power Plant disaster warned of by Ukraine
- There was an attack on the nuclear power plant by Russia.
- The Russians are, of course, blaming the Ukrainians for attacking their own power plant.
- There is fighting going on around the plant and the Russians are running the plant.
- There have been explosions near the exterior power line. Some transformers were shut down. There was shelling of parts of the plant. Urgent repairs are needed. 6 August, Russians hitting site.
- Apparently, they aimed directly at spent fuel tanks stored nears. Radiation monitoring sensors were affected.
- The Russians announced that they had mines near the plant and were prepared to blow it up. The plant will be “either Russia’s or nobody’s.” Ukraine has confirmed that the area is mined.
- The ultimate goal is to disconnect the station from Ukraine’s power system and to start using the power for Crimea. Technically, this is not easy, but it is possible.
- Russian Offensive
- Troops have been moved from Donbas to the south. In Kherson and Zaporizhzhia you can see that the Russians are getting ready for offensive acts.
- There has been fighting in Melitopol. Russian soldiers killed.
- There is still a lot of shelling in the Donbas.
- There has been an attack on the Odesa region launched from the Black Sea.
- All of Odesa ports are functioning. A vessel which left is headed toward Italy. Another is going to the Netherlands.
- Amnesty International
- Said that the Ukrainians were endangering civilians. The head of Amnesty Ukraine office resigned over the accusation.
- Amnesty says it stands by its report.
- Anthony Blinken in Africa
- Lavrov has just left defending Russia’s invasion.
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Sunday News Notes:

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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/11/01/putin-ally-challenges-russian-president-calling-zelensky-nice/
- Founder of Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, challenges Putin.
- Prigozhin praised Ukrainian president, Zelensky, on his social media platform.
- “Although he is the president of a country that’s hostile to Russia right now, Zelensky is a strong, confident, pragmatic and nice guy,”
- In a second post, Prigozhin followed up with a warning: “Don’t underestimate him.” The second post was described by the Telegraph as “explaining why he was offering such a discordant view of” Zelensky.
- Prigozhin holds no formal role with the Russian government, but his position has increased in importance as he has funneled more and more soldiers into Ukraine fighting for Russia.
- His statement is not in line with the Kremlin presentation of Zelensky as a drug-addled Nazi. And, it is not the first time Prigozhin has challenged Putin. Earlier he questioned the military’s conduct of the war.
- The Washington Post reported that Prigozhin along with Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen leader, has become more vocal in their criticisms of military leaders prosecuting Putin’s war.
- According to the Telegraph: “British lawyers McCue Jury and Partners on Tuesday announced they were bringing legal action against Wagner for “terrorism” in Ukraine, aiming to claim compensation for victims of the mercenary group”
- Prigozhin was filmed in September of 2022 recruiting soldiers in Russian prisons. He promised them they would be freed is they survived six months in Ukraine. He also promised they would be shot if they tried to desert.
- “In another public message, he defended recruiting rapists and murders on the basis that it meant “your sons” would not be sent to the front. Weeks later Putin announced a mobilisation that has sent around 300,000 extra men to war.”
- Telegraph: “The Institute for the Study of War in its latest report on Tuesday said that Mr Prigozhin was “establishing himself as a political force, using his popular status and his affiliation with Wagner to criticise his opponents within elite circles”.
- In testimony to British parliament on Tuesday, Russian dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky confirmed reports of Mr Prigozhin’s special place in Putin’s court, describing him as a “significant tool for the Kremlin”.
- “The number of meetings with the dictator is the only currency that’s in demand in that regime, and Mr Prigozhin has got a lot of those meetings,” said Mr Khodorkovsky, who was released after a decade in Russian prison in 2013, and was formerly the country’s richest man.”
UPDATE: UKRAINE

March 3rd, 2022
UKRAINE NOTES: 6:30 PM

POLITICS
- Joe (“stunningly superficial”) Scarborough is joining the other Republicans in calling for a cessation of regulations on the fossil fuel industry so we can establish “energy independence.” Fox News has been pumping this line today.
- Additionally in FOX, the “expert” called Putin a “communist.” I. Just. Can’t.
- Zelensky wanted to know earlier in the day how many Ukrainians had to die before we implement a no-fly zone. How many?
MSNBC
- The question of cutting off the oil and gas from Russia.
- Increase drilling here. That’s the position of the Republicans.
- Bill McKibben interviewed. Making the argument that cutting off the oil and gas is worth it even if gasoline costs more.
- The Defense Act would allow Biden to buy climate friendly supplies that would cut down the need for oil and gas.
CNN
- Kharkiv under constant bombardment.
- “How far will you go to defend your freedom, your dignity?” That’s the best question Erin Burnett can come up with. This is People Magazine interviewing.
- Shelling near nuclear power plant. Civilians try to block access to the town.
- There is a large fire at the power plant, but nobody knows which buildings are on fire.
- “A gradual turning up of the heat.” Clarissa Ward describing what the Russians are doing.
- More than 1 million people have now had to leave Ukraine. People are meeting them at the borders, offering homes and assistance.
- Putin met with his security council, talked again about “denazification” of Ukraine. After a phone call between Putin and the French president, the French said that the worst was yet to come. And, that Putin plans to take over all over Ukraine.
- Seven sanctioned today. Visa restrictions for over forty. (Note: Earlier today there was a tweet claiming that most of those sanctioned were not important as well as an article about the Biden administration exempting Bank Swiss from sanctions.
FOX NEWS
- Fox News is on Kamala Harris tonight. She has, according to a guest of Tucker Carlson, been disrespectful to us. Biden has also been disrespectful for picking her to be Vice President.
- The Russians have just been shelling near a nuclear facility, but Carlson has to spend time talking about something Kamala Harris said.
- This is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Russians are blocking fire workers getting in there to work. There are six nuclear reactors. They supply ¼ of Ukraine’s power.
- They are going to shut down the country.
- Carlson is complaining about the amount of money Biden is spending on Ukraine as opposed to our border. As I said, the Russians just shelled and started a fire at a nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, Southeast Ukraine.
- OMG Sebastian Gorka, hawking some pain relief substance. In this ad, he is walking near the Washington Monument. Jesus, these people never stop grifting. Oh, now Mike Lindell. I can’t.
TWITTER:
- 480 Bombs have been dropped on cities in Ukraine.
- Woman living in Florida saw a truck flying an American and a Russian flag.
- Gary Kasparov: We watch live “…Putin commit genocide on an industrial scale…while the most powerful military alliance in history stands aside.”
- Georgia and Moldova have applied to join the EU.
- We are told we cannot see the video showing bodies in Ukraine. People need to see that this is not a video game.
- It’s the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.
- The production company behind RT America, says it’s ceasing production.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/11/01/putin-ally-challenges-russian-president-calling-zelensky-nice/
- Founder of Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, challenges Putin.
- Prigozhin praised Ukrainian president, Zelensky, on his social media platform.
- “Although he is the president of a country that’s hostile to Russia right now, Zelensky is a strong, confident, pragmatic and nice guy,”
- In a second post, Prigozhin followed up with a warning: “Don’t underestimate him.” The second post was described by the Telegraph as “explaining why he was offering such a discordant view of” Zelensky.
- Prigozhin holds no formal role with the Russian government, but his position has increased in importance as he has funneled more and more soldiers into Ukraine fighting for Russia.
- His statement is not in line with the Kremlin presentation of Zelensky as a drug-addled Nazi. And, it is not the first time Prigozhin has challenged Putin. Earlier he questioned the military’s conduct of the war.
- The Washington Post reported that Prigozhin along with Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen leader, has become more vocal in their criticisms of military leaders prosecuting Putin’s war.
- According to the Telegraph: “British lawyers McCue Jury and Partners on Tuesday announced they were bringing legal action against Wagner for “terrorism” in Ukraine, aiming to claim compensation for victims of the mercenary group”
- Prigozhin was filmed in September of 2022 recruiting soldiers in Russian prisons. He promised them they would be freed is they survived six months in Ukraine. He also promised they would be shot if they tried to desert.
- “In another public message, he defended recruiting rapists and murders on the basis that it meant “your sons” would not be sent to the front. Weeks later Putin announced a mobilisation that has sent around 300,000 extra men to war.”
- Telegraph: “The Institute for the Study of War in its latest report on Tuesday said that Mr Prigozhin was “establishing himself as a political force, using his popular status and his affiliation with Wagner to criticise his opponents within elite circles”.
- In testimony to British parliament on Tuesday, Russian dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky confirmed reports of Mr Prigozhin’s special place in Putin’s court, describing him as a “significant tool for the Kremlin”.
- “The number of meetings with the dictator is the only currency that’s in demand in that regime, and Mr Prigozhin has got a lot of those meetings,” said Mr Khodorkovsky, who was released after a decade in Russian prison in 2013, and was formerly the country’s richest man.”

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