> Russia is likely using the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine to shield its troops and equipment, undermining the safety of the plant’s operations, according to European intelligence officials.
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> There appears to be a deliberate effort by Russia to use the plant’s protected status as a nuclear site to provide cover to its forces, and prevent them from being attacked by Ukrainian forces, a tactic that undermines the security of the plant, said the officials, who asked for anonymity to discuss sensitive information.
that’s quite desperate
That nuclear plant can work as a shield, as such, but it is [quite isolated](https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/47.4876/34.5947), and destroying the supply lines for food and weapons for those troops should be possible, making it rather ineffective.
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> Russia is likely using the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine to shield its troops and equipment, undermining the safety of the plant’s operations, according to European intelligence officials.
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> There appears to be a deliberate effort by Russia to use the plant’s protected status as a nuclear site to provide cover to its forces, and prevent them from being attacked by Ukrainian forces, a tactic that undermines the security of the plant, said the officials, who asked for anonymity to discuss sensitive information.
that’s quite desperate
That nuclear plant can work as a shield, as such, but it is [quite isolated](https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/47.4876/34.5947), and destroying the supply lines for food and weapons for those troops should be possible, making it rather ineffective.