{"id":107658,"date":"2022-02-24T11:19:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T15:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=107658"},"modified":"2022-02-24T11:20:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T15:20:13","slug":"did-kiev-just-float-this-radioactive-fallout-warning-to-provide-cover-for-the-ukrainian-military-to-launch-tactical-nuclear-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=107658","title":{"rendered":"<h3><b><i>Did Kiev just float this &#8216;radioactive fallout&#8217; warning to provide cover for the Ukrainian military to launch tactical nuclear weapons?!?!<\/i><\/b><\/h3>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Ukraine Warns &#8220;Radioactive Dust&#8221;<br \/>\nCould Spread Over Europe As Fighting Rages At Chernobyl Nuclear Plant<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Update(10:11amET)<\/u><\/strong>: The potential is rising for greater fallout from the war across Europe, as intense fighting is being reported centered in the Chernobyl area. Ukrainian authorities are sounding the alarm over potentially disastrous scenarios which could ensue in\u00a0<strong>areas of the Chernobyl containment zone<\/strong>, which includes an expansive region surrounding the\u00a0Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant where\u00a0<strong>radioactive contamination is highest<\/strong>, since the April 1986 disaster. Russian troops are reportedly entering the area from Belarus, according to\u00a0<em>Interfax<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Advisor to Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko said that Russian troops from the territory of Belarus\u00a0<strong>entered the zone of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant<\/strong>\u00a0(NPP).<\/p>\n<p>Gerashchenko stressed that\u00a0<strong>&#8220;if a nuclear waste storage facility is destroyed as a result of enemy artillery strikes, then radioactive dust can cover the territories of Ukraine, Belarus and the EU countries!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s President Zelensky has also reportedly sounded the alarm over combat in the containment area:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>UKRAINE PRESIDENT SAYS RUSSIAN OCCUPATION FORCES ARE TRYING TO CAPTURE THE CHERNOBYL PLANT<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1496862540957114370&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fputins-shock-awe-war-ukraine-unfolds-dark-day-europe-many-hundreds-killed&amp;sessionId=bf1dcf144febbe87061561c9818cd0faa9d62c96&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2582c61%3A1645036219416&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1496862540957114370\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1645715663347577326=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Advisor to Ukrainian interior ministry says Russian forces entered Chernobyl and that fighting there destroyed a nuclear waste storage facility.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard Engel (@RichardEngel)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichardEngel\/status\/1496856147336495112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The above was quickly revised to &#8220;may have destroyed&#8221; a nuclear waste facility.<\/p>\n<p>It goes without saying that given the ferocity of Russia&#8217;s ongoing air and ground campaign, any major incident there could spark broader panic for Europe, and a possible long term negative health impact in parts of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Russia&#8217;s air war continues to intensify&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1496855703172091906&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fputins-shock-awe-war-ukraine-unfolds-dark-day-europe-many-hundreds-killed&amp;sessionId=bf1dcf144febbe87061561c9818cd0faa9d62c96&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2582c61%3A1645036219416&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1496855703172091906\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>Now\u00a0many hours into\u00a0Russia&#8217;s attack that started around 5am Kiev time, it&#8217;s become clear that a full-scale &#8216;shock and awe&#8217; type invasion is clearly on &#8211; which is not just limited to Donbas in the east. Stunning videos from on the ground show what can be described as an ongoing air war on Kiev and several other cities across the country. Tanks have also been seen speeding across Ukraine&#8217;s border from Belarus, with widespread reports that Belarusian soldiers are mounting the attack alongside Russian troops.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s military had announced within just a couple hours into the offensive that all of Ukraine&#8217;s air defense systems have been taken out. A massive Russian aerial presence, including fighter jets and helicopters, has been confirmed over much of the country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1496809143738507264&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fputins-shock-awe-war-ukraine-unfolds-dark-day-europe-many-hundreds-killed&amp;sessionId=bf1dcf144febbe87061561c9818cd0faa9d62c96&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2582c61%3A1645036219416&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1496809143738507264\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Soon after the initial attack which also included cruise missile launches, which likely came from Russia&#8217;s Black Sea fleet, Kiev\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Newsweek\/status\/1496833352082804738\">authorities cited<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;hundreds&#8221; of Ukrainians killed, including civilians.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s believed that much of Ukraine&#8217;s command and control military infrastructure was targeted and hit in the first wave, also as Ukraine border guards were attack, with some reports of soldiers fleeing the Russian advance. Moscow has declared safe passage for any Ukrainian soldier laying down their arms.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s state emergency service has also said a Ukrainian military plane was downed, which killed five people. This as surreal battlefield footage continues to evidence the ferocity of an air war in progress.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1496806739886641161&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fputins-shock-awe-war-ukraine-unfolds-dark-day-europe-many-hundreds-killed&amp;sessionId=bf1dcf144febbe87061561c9818cd0faa9d62c96&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2582c61%3A1645036219416&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1496806739886641161\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-5\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-5&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1496829736865386498&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fputins-shock-awe-war-ukraine-unfolds-dark-day-europe-many-hundreds-killed&amp;sessionId=bf1dcf144febbe87061561c9818cd0faa9d62c96&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2582c61%3A1645036219416&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1496829736865386498\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Thursday issued comment on the scope and goal of the military objections, citing Putin&#8217;s aim of the &#8220;demilitarization and denazification&#8221; of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Ideally, Ukraine should be liberated, cleansed of Nazis, of pro-Nazi people and ideology,&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0Peskov said, saying that operations would end only once these objectives have been reached. It remains unclear whether this will mean regime change in Kiev, though at this point that scenario is looking more than likely. There were early reports that President Zelensky has been offered safe passage if he leaves Ukraine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-6\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-6&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1496814734426968066&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fputins-shock-awe-war-ukraine-unfolds-dark-day-europe-many-hundreds-killed&amp;sessionId=bf1dcf144febbe87061561c9818cd0faa9d62c96&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2582c61%3A1645036219416&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1496814734426968066\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Ukraine national police and emergency services have said there&#8217;s been fighting throughout the entire country, with Russia conducting over 200 attacks, with\u00a0<strong>severe clashes ongoing in various parts of Ukraine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-7\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-7&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1496803366420287492&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fputins-shock-awe-war-ukraine-unfolds-dark-day-europe-many-hundreds-killed&amp;sessionId=bf1dcf144febbe87061561c9818cd0faa9d62c96&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2582c61%3A1645036219416&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1496803366420287492\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-8\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-8&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1496832274880475141&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fputins-shock-awe-war-ukraine-unfolds-dark-day-europe-many-hundreds-killed&amp;sessionId=bf1dcf144febbe87061561c9818cd0faa9d62c96&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2582c61%3A1645036219416&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1496832274880475141\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>President Biden has vowed severe and far-reaching new sanctions, which he said will be announced in an address on Thursday.\u00a0German chancellor Olaf Scholz and other Western leaders condemned what Scholz called a\u00a0&#8220;reckless act by President Putin,&#8221; and &#8220;terrible day for Ukraine and\u00a0<strong>a dark day for Europe<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-9\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-9&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1496836592832434182&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fputins-shock-awe-war-ukraine-unfolds-dark-day-europe-many-hundreds-killed&amp;sessionId=bf1dcf144febbe87061561c9818cd0faa9d62c96&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2582c61%3A1645036219416&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1496836592832434182\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;There is no justification for any of this &#8212; this is\u00a0Putin&#8217;s\u00a0war,&#8221;\u00a0Scholz said at a news conference in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>The large in scope Russian campaign is now being\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/warisboring.com\/russia-invades-eastern-ukraine-unleashing-shock-and-awe\/\">widely described<\/a>\u00a0as\u00a0<strong>Putin&#8217;s &#8220;shock and awe&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0war &#8211; to borrow from America&#8217;s Iraq War &#8211;\u00a0in the heart of eastern Europe.\u00a0<em>Bloomberg\u00a0<\/em>and others are calling it\u00a0<strong>Europe&#8217;s worst security crisis since World War II<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/putins-shock-awe-war-ukraine-unfolds-dark-day-europe-many-hundreds-killed\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/putins-shock-awe-war-ukraine-unfolds-dark-day-europe-many-hundreds-killed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine Warns &#8220;Radioactive Dust&#8221; Could Spread Over Europe As Fighting Rages At Chernobyl Nuclear Plant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}