{"id":1337105,"date":"2022-02-24T06:23:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T11:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1337105"},"modified":"2022-02-24T11:37:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T16:37:37","slug":"ukraine-president-says-russia-is-trying-to-seize-chernobyl-nuclear-power-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-president-says-russia-is-trying-to-seize-chernobyl-nuclear-power-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine President Says Russia Is Trying To Seize Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukraine-president-says-russia-is-trying-to-seize-chernobyl-nuclear-power-plant%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1337105&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-629912323.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russian soldiers have reached the area surrounding Chernobyl, the site of the worst nuclear power disaster in history.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky also said that Ukrainian troops were fighting back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussian occupation forces are trying to seize the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Our defenders are giving their lives so that the tragedy of 1986 will not be repeated,\u201d Zelensky said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/chernobyl-nuclear-russia-attack-ukraine-b2022444.html\">according to the Independent<\/a>. \u201cThis is a declaration of war against the whole of Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newsweek <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/battle-chernobyl-nuclear-zone-ukraine-russia-radioactive-dust-invasion-1682287\">reported<\/a> that Ukraine Interior Minister Anton Herashchenko warned on social media that fighting in the area of Chernobyl could be dangerous due to \u201cunsafe nuclear radioactive waste.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe invaders from the territory of Belarus have moved into the [Chernobyl exclusion] zone,\u201d Herashchenko wrote. \u201cThe national guardsmen, who guard the collectors of unsafe nuclear radioactive waste, are fighting hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the invader\u2019s artillery hits and ruins\/damages the collectors of nuclear waste, radioactive nuclear dust can be spread over the territory of Ukraine, Belarus and the [countries] of the EU,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Chernobyl was the site of the worst nuclear disaster on April 26, 1986, when its No. 4 reactor failed during a safety test, causing an uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction that killed fewer than 100 people directly but caused widespread cancer and other health issues still felt today. A Chernobyl Exclusion Zone still exists today and covers an area of approximately 1,000 square miles in the area surrounding the old nuclear power plant, where radiation has resulted in the area being uninhabitable even now.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday morning, Zelensky gave a speech announcing Ukraine \u201cwill defend ourselves,\u201d as The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/read-it-ukrainian-president-calls-on-citizens-to-take-up-arms-in-defense-against-russian-invasion\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>We know for sure that we don\u2019t need the war. Not a Cold War, not a hot war. Not a hybrid one. But if we\u2019ll be attacked by the [enemy] troops, if they try to take our country away from us, our freedom, our lives, the lives of our children, we will defend ourselves. Not attack, but defend ourselves. And when you will be attacking us, you will see our faces, not our backs, but our faces.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The war is a big disaster, and this disaster has a high price. With every meaning of this word. People lose money, reputation, quality of life, they lose freedom. But the main thing is that people lose their loved ones, they lose themselves.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They told you that Ukraine is posing a threat to Russia. It was not the case in the past, not in the present, it\u2019s not going to be in the future. You are demanding security guarantees from NATO, but we also demand security guarantees. Security for Ukraine from you, from Russia and other guarantees of the Budapest memorandum.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak also asked western nations for help with the ongoing Russian invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Podolyak\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/europe\/live-news\/ukraine-russia-news-02-24-22-intl\/index.html\">told<\/a>\u00a0CNN that a \u201cfull-fledged large-scale war has begun in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia is attacking not just Ukraine, but all the rules of normal life in the modern world. What will be left of the security system on the continent? Zero,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Podolyak also told the network that Russia attacked Ukraine from the north, east, and south, and that \u201cOur army repulses attacks, the enemy suffers significant losses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main thing now is to focus as much as possible on defending the country and preserving people\u2019s normal lives,\u201d he added. \u201cBut Ukraine needs more support from the world and is very specific \u2014 military-technical and financial support, tough sanctions against Russia. The West must act today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Podolyak\u2019s request comes as Russia has begun an invasion into Ukraine, with the invading nation\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/russia-claims-to-have-destroyed-74-ukrainian-facilities-including-11-air-bases\">claiming<\/a>\u00a0to have destroyed 74 facilities in Ukraine, including 11 air bases, according to The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>Hours after Russia began what it called a \u201cspecial military operation,\u201d Ukrainian government officials said they had successfully shot down five Russian fighter jets along with one Russian helicopter. The Ukraine\u2019s Department of Defense\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweek.in\/news\/world\/2022\/02\/24\/ukraine-shoots-down-russian-jet-helicopters-reports.html\">tweeted<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>According to the Joint Forces Command, 5 planes and a helicopter of the aggressors were shot down in the area of the Armed Forces today. The combined forces give a worthy rebuff to the armed forces of the Russian Federation. Military units in their positions. The enemy suffers losses. Keep calm!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Russian Defense Ministry acknowledged it has lost a Su-25 attack jet, but said it was due to \u201cpilot error,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-latest-updates-0224-303b0bfdc6148c8738d6ac0ca78142fd\">according to the Associated Press<\/a>. Russia has not commented on the loss of other aircraft at the time of publication.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russian soldiers have reached the area surrounding Chernobyl, the site of the worst nuclear power disaster in history.Zelensky also said that Ukrainian troops were fighting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1337105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1337105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1337105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1337105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1337105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}