The nuclear reactor was shelled. I saw it live.
Doubt it had anything to do with radiation though.
Doubt it had anything to do with radiation though.
You did not “see the reactor get shelled live.”
Those gigantic streaks in the lower right are shells from tanks. They certainly aren’t tracers from rifles.
You’re right to press me for details on the “tank” part. I don’t know if the shots are from tanks. But they’re so large that it rules out foot soldiers, so it’s some kind of vehicle-mounted gun.
It’s definitely not the kind of thing you want hitting a nuclear reactor.
They're typically equipped with heavy weapons that are smaller or less powerful than tank main guns but larger than something that could readily be carried by a soldier or two.
Tank misidentification satirized here: https://twitter.com/pascalheyman/status/1088555831187128321
Regardless of that it is incredibly stupid to do any kind of fighting around a nuclear plant.
That goes both ways.
I saw the video from the start of the fighting and that was UA forces who started to fire upon oncoming forces from the building to the right on the video.
If you mount defenses for something vital for the civilians of your country you should always question how exactly to do that to minimize the damage from the fighting.
Given they took positions in the building, started the fight first, had a prerecorded video for Twitter of how they are under attack[0]...
Sure, I'm just an arm-chair general, but for me it looks what the Ukrainian force decided to fight on the NPP territory and buildings.
[0] go find it you if you didn't saw it. I doubt the first thing what would come to my mind as an operator of a NPP is to fire up a video for a social network.
In other words, never protect critical civilian infrastructure?
Is that the defense playbook you'd propose?
Like in your playbook there were absolutely no other options there.
[0] https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5026803,34.5967556,6233m/dat...