"(Bloomberg) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reinforced his call for occupying Russian troops to withdraw from Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant after damage to transmission lines in the occupied territory disrupted power supply.

There are no immediate safety concerns and the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is being powered through a restored electricity line, Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear operator Energoatom said. Transmission lines from the plant have also been repaired, while one unit was also reconnected to the country’s grid, supplying electricity to the system, it said. After Russia seized the plant, two units out of six were operating.

Zelenskiy cited the disruption, which he blamed on Russian shelling, to drive home his demand for President Vladimir Putin to withdraw his forces from the complex and for international inspectors to investigate.
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The atomic plant in Zaporizhzhia was captured in March when Russian troops swept through southern Ukraine and has become one of the most sensitive pressure points of Russia’s occupation. The Ukrainian leader said he addressed the issue with US President Joe Biden in a phone call on Thursday. "

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/zelenskiy-reinforces-nuclear-warning-after-power-line-disruption#main-content

Who is more desperate? Zelenskyy or Putin?
Can Zelenskyy succeed in drive Russian force away from the nuclear plants?
Is it too late for pro-Russia side to build protective barrier about the nuclear plants? If static protection is not feasible, is it too late or politically unfeasible to denuclearize (i.e. remove fissile material or dismantle the plant)?

On Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 10:25:46 PM UTC+8, ltlee1 wrote:
> "(Bloomberg) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reinforced his call for occupying Russian troops to withdraw from Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant after damage to transmission lines in the occupied territory disrupted power supply.
>
> There are no immediate safety concerns and the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is being powered through a restored electricity line, Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear operator Energoatom said. Transmission lines from the plant have also been repaired, while one unit was also reconnected to the country’s grid, supplying electricity to the system, it said. After Russia seized the plant, two units out of six were operating.
>
> Zelenskiy cited the disruption, which he blamed on Russian shelling, to drive home his demand for President Vladimir Putin to withdraw his forces from the complex and for international inspectors to investigate.
> ...
> The atomic plant in Zaporizhzhia was captured in March when Russian troops swept through southern Ukraine and has become one of the most sensitive pressure points of Russia’s occupation. The Ukrainian leader said he addressed the issue with US President Joe Biden in a phone call on Thursday. "
>
> https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/zelenskiy-reinforces-nuclear-warning-after-power-line-disruption#main-content
>
> Who is more desperate? Zelenskyy or Putin?
> Can Zelenskyy succeed in drive Russian force away from the nuclear plants?
> Is it too late for pro-Russia side to build protective barrier about the nuclear plants? If static protection is not feasible, is it too late or politically unfeasible to denuclearize (i.e. remove fissile material or dismantle the plant)?

If transmission lines are damaged as said, then the plant should be shut down and not have to say they blamed Russian shelling for them. Soon, the plant has to be shutdown to avoid nuclear releases should the war in the vicinity had shelled the plant. This would mean the power grids to Western Ukraine side will be deeply impacted. When no electricity, Ukraine will live in darkness and no one will be able to do anything in the night at all. This is the opportunity for Russia to advance and clean up any opposed forces in Ukraine, too.

On Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 10:25:46 AM UTC-4, ltlee1 wrote:
> "(Bloomberg) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reinforced his call for occupying Russian troops to withdraw from Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant after damage to transmission lines in the occupied territory disrupted power supply.
>
> There are no immediate safety concerns and the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is being powered through a restored electricity line, Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear operator Energoatom said. Transmission lines from the plant have also been repaired, while one unit was also reconnected to the country’s grid, supplying electricity to the system, it said. After Russia seized the plant, two units out of six were operating.
>
> Zelenskiy cited the disruption, which he blamed on Russian shelling, to drive home his demand for President Vladimir Putin to withdraw his forces from the complex and for international inspectors to investigate.
> ...
> The atomic plant in Zaporizhzhia was captured in March when Russian troops swept through southern Ukraine and has become one of the most sensitive pressure points of Russia’s occupation. The Ukrainian leader said he addressed the issue with US President Joe Biden in a phone call on Thursday. "
>
> https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/zelenskiy-reinforces-nuclear-warning-after-power-line-disruption#main-content
>
> Who is more desperate? Zelenskyy or Putin?
> Can Zelenskyy succeed in drive Russian force away from the nuclear plants?
> Is it too late for pro-Russia side to build protective barrier about the nuclear plants? If static protection is not feasible, is it too late or politically unfeasible to denuclearize (i.e. remove fissile material or dismantle the plant)?

"According to unconfirmed reports, the West warned Russia that NATO would perceive radioactive leaks at the
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant through the prism of the 5th Article of the Charter of the North Atlantic Treaty.
In other words, NATO will see radioactive leaks as an attack on nearby NATO countries. Such attacks would thus
be equated to an attack on the alliance as a whole.
See more at https://english.pravda.ru/news/hotspots/153795-zaporizhzhya_leak/

Perfect sounding pro-Ukraine answer. On paper.
How would it realize the threat?
1. How much leak is leak and under what situation?
2. What NATO could really do if the leak is considered big enough?
3. Does this not give Ukraine a reason to further bomb the NPP to create leak
and hopefully drag NATO into the fight?