Some fear the Russians will engineer an incident at the plant if the Ukrainian counter-offensive breaks through
, 45, was not sure what to make of claims that Russia was preparing an attack at the nuclear power plant. She knew that her flat in Khortitsky, a district of the city of, sat inside a potential evacuation zone. But would there really be an explosion? And if so, would she be evacuated? But then came a moment of clarity. Ms Popruha recalled the humiliating experience of being caught behind Russian lines in her family home south of the town of Huliaipole a year ago.
But others are determined to stay put, even if ordered to leave. “Where will I go, me with my walking stick?” complains Yelena Petrova, a 74-year-old pensioner sellingfrom a keg on Khortitsky’s now-deserted main strip. Ms Petrova says she has prepared water and food and sealed her windows, just in case. But her biggest worry is that she no longer has any customers for herFirst responders say they have prepared for the worst.
Many fear a Russian-engineered incident if the Ukrainian counter-offensive enjoys a breakthrough, either pushing from the north or across the rapidly drying Dnieper reservoir. A Ukrainian military-intelligence source insists that Ukraine would never attempt a “crazy” operation to storm the plant itself.
“Maxim”, a technician who has returned to Kyiv after leaving the plant in early July , says the Russians view the power station as a perfect fortified military base. “They see the reinforced walls and doors of the reactor blocks and think, ‘Wow’, what a great place to hunker down in.” The soldiers are in charge of “everything,” he adds. “If they say they need to pour 100 tonnes of sand on the reactor roofs, or install machine-gun positions…there is no one to stop them.
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