While claims around what exactly transpired at the plant and why differ between Ukrainian and Russian sources, both sides at least agree that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant is now in Russian hands.
“No state except Russia has ever opened fire at nuclear power units. For the first time in human history, a terrorist state has resorted to nuclear terror,” Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky railed, calling for “immediate European action” as the only way to “stop Russian troops.”
The call for “European action”, which would necessarily be led by Emmanuel Macron’s France in an EU context, as the bloc’s leading military power, is interesting, as it may tacitly imply Zelensky believes calling on the NATO alliance, led by Joe Biden’s America, is less likely to bear fruit.
