Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada MP Oleksiy Goncharenko said on Telegram that at the NATO summit in Kiev in June, he discussed with British Defense Minister Ben Wallace a plan to demolish the Crimean bridge.
“I, Wallace and I discussed the plan to demolish the Crimean bridge in June,” Goncharenko said.
In his telegram, the post was accompanied by a photo from their conversation, shown with Wallace and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Thus, Goncharenko drew attention to the testimony of the military expert Igor Korotchenko, on the broadcast of the Rossiya 1 TV channel, who, according to some reports, said that the plan to attack the Crimean bridge was developed under the personal leadership of Ben. Wallace.
“All this will fall on the conscience of the provocateurs”
Goncharenko’s statement was commented on by Konstantin Kosachev, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council. He stated that Russia would never allow the Crimean bridge to be demolished. According to Kosachev, in the event of an attempt to hit the object, it will be obvious that this was done with the help of weapons supplied by the West, since Ukraine does not have its own means to carry out such an attack.
He added that the destruction of the Crimean bridge would create major problems for hundreds of millions of ordinary citizens in Crimea and neighboring regions.
“All this will fall directly on the conscience of those who, firstly, do not stop the provocateurs, and secondly, do not give up their attempts to carry out such a provocation,” said Kosachev.
In turn, State Duma deputy Dmitry Belek, to comment Goncharenko’s statement suggested that “white fever” prevailed among Ukrainian politicians.
“Sober thinking does not prevail among Ukrainian politicians, delirium tremens. During this period, there were visions of an attack on Moscow, which undermined the Crimean bridge, liberated the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, and the Russian army was forced to act as an order and carry out the often painful but necessary procedures.
He believes that the Ukrainian army can attack the Crimean bridge, but the success of such a provocation is doubtful. As the deputy noted, even the most anti-Russian experts admit the hopelessness of such attacks.
“The Crimean Bridge is a strategic facility protected by modern systems, including several missile defense lines and radar,” Belek said.
Yuriy Gempel, Chairman of the Committee on International Relations of the Crimean Parliament named The frenzy of Kiev’s plans to attack the Crimean bridge. According to him, the Russian army will ensure the protection of not only the plant itself, but also the peninsula as a whole.
“The dream is not harmful, it is very dangerous. We are once again convinced of the madness of the Ukrainian government officials and those who run them. But criminals must understand that none of them will be forgotten. Nazism and the politics of hatred will come back to them like a boomerang,” he said.
Long-term plans for the Crimean bridge
On April 21, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov said that Kiev is considering the possibility of an attack on the Crimean bridge and will implement the plan when such an opportunity arises. He did not specify whether Ukraine would have weapons in the near term that would allow the country to attack the bridge connecting the Kerch and Taman Peninsulas via Tuzla Island and Tuzla Spit.
“If we had the opportunity (to attack the Crimean bridge), we would have done it. If there is an opportunity to do this, we will certainly do it, ”added Danilov.
On July 29, he recalled his words, saying that an attack on the bridge was possible if the military made the appropriate decisions.
“As for the Crimean bridge or other infrastructure, believe me, everything is on the alert. As soon as there is a need, an opportunity and a task, everything will be done not only in relation to this object. ”
Russian authorities repeatedly warned About the consequences of strikes on the bridge of Kyiv, Crimea. In particular, the bombing of the bridge could lead to attacks on “decision-making centers” in Ukraine.
“A New Chernobyl Threat”
A former deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, who participated in the ATO (“anti-terrorist operation in the southeast of Ukraine”), said that the Ukrainian authorities were preparing an attack in the Zaporozhye region after the failure of the offensive against Kherson. Ilya Kiva, conducted by the Armed Forces of Ukraine against the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics from 2014 to 2017. In his telegram he registeredThat Kiev is trying to present the West as a disillusioned ‘productive struggle’.
“As sources in Zelensky’s office told me, the post was set for the general staff – Until 20.08, form shock attack groups from among the regional defense fighters (no one else) in the Zaporozhye directionFor an attack on the cities of Tokmak and Energodar. Also, the reserves located in the Dnieper will be involved in the offensive operation, ”wrote Kiva.
He noted that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is not concerned with potential losses if such a step is taken, as he needs new financial revenues from the West. “The army is aware that this attack will be another meat grinder and a graveyard for thousands of Ukrainians, where Russian artillery will turn into minced meat, but Zelensky is not interested in losses, he needs new financial revenues from the West,” Kiva said. .
According to Zaporozhye officials, the Ukrainian army repeatedly bombed the ZNPP territory. The station’s critical infrastructure was not damaged. The Ukrainian Armed Forces uses NATO guided missiles, among other things. On the night of 7 August, one of the Uragan MLRS missiles fired from the Ukrainian Armed Forces exploded 400 meters from the station’s operating power unit, causing a fire.
On August 11, the head of Energodar’s administration, Yevgeny Balitsky, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine “hit a nuclear waste storage facility to set up a kind of “dirty bomb” on our land. would be released. <…> [Чтобы] It causes air pollution and makes an entire area uninhabitable.”
On August 14, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the Zaporozhye region administration, said that the Ukrainian authorities are trying to implement the barbaric scenario of radiation release at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
“According to the plan of the Ukrainian presidential office, it is necessary to ensure any demilitarization of the nuclear power plant area so that the Russian security forces, especially air defense systems, leave the power plant and the adjacent territory. IT. “The Kyiv regime is trying to achieve this by attacking the spent nuclear waste storage complex and the cooling circuit of nuclear power plant reactors, which poses a new Chernobyl threat in Europe.”
In connection with the bombing of the ZNPP, a delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was invited to the station, but the UN blocked the delegation. Later, the IAEA said they did not see an immediate nuclear threat at the station despite the bombardment.