“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity” ~llaw
Aug 25, 2025
On My Mind Today:
When are we going to admit, as I have been preaching for years, that nuclear power plants are both offensive and defensive weapons of nuclear war in addition to their own extremely dangerous nuclear liabilities? Why would we continue to operate any existing nuclear power plants and build more, given these facts?
We are obviously in a state of denial, and few leaders or executives of any kind — political, military, or corporate commercial heads — seem to understand that this is a very, very, serious problem that is not going to go away as long as we continue to have any kind of access to any and all things nuclear.
Nuclear power plants are not just victims of the usual offensive attacks of an in-situ innocent nuclear facility to be defended only from such attacks; they are stationery nuclear offensive weapons themselves, and all militaries who have anything to do with war clearly know this. I have written often that a nuclear power plant is a weapon of mass destruction in any kind of nuclear war because nuclear bombs dropped on a nuclear power plant can be considered to be a “two-for-one” or as similarly destructive as the original bomb that was used to attack the stationery plant, spreading its radiation around the entire global atmosphere just as the aftermath of a nuclear bomb will do after it has created its original mayhem.
The following abridged statement from the following article from “PBS” the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Association) by UN director-general, Rafael Mariano Grossi, who said that “every nuclear facility must be protected at all times.”, the nuclear watchdog for the United Nations, wasn’t talking about one attack on one nuclear plant. He was talking about ALL nuclear power plants everywhere on planet Earth.
I have to wonder if we will ever stop such a lemming-like march toward mass extermination . . . ~llaw
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Moscow says Kyiv has struck a nuclear power plant as Ukraine marks Independence Day
World Aug 25, 2025 12:34 PM EDT
Russia accused Ukraine on Sunday of launching drone attacks that sparked a fire at a nuclear power plant in its western Kursk region overnight, as Ukraine celebrated 34 years since its independence.
Russian officials said several power and energy facilities were targeted in the overnight strikes. The fire at the nuclear facility was quickly extinguished with no injuries reported, according to the plant’s press service on Telegram. While the attack damaged a transformer, radiation levels remained within normal ranges.
The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said it was aware of media reports that a transformer at the plants had caught fire “due to military activity,” but hadn’t received independent confirmation. It said its director-general, Rafael Mariano Grossi, said that “every nuclear facility must be protected at all times.”
Ukraine did not immediately comment on the alleged attack.
Firefighters also responded to a blaze at the port of Ust-Luga in Russia’s Leningrad region, home to a major fuel export terminal. The regional governor said approximately 10 Ukrainian drones were shot down, with debris igniting the fire.
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed its air defenses intercepted 95 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory overnight into Sunday.
Russia fired 72 drones and decoys, along with a cruise missile, into Ukraine overnight into Sunday, Ukraine’s air force said. Of these, 48 drones were shot down or jammed.
Another wartime Independence Day
The incidents occurred as Ukraine marked Independence Day, commemorating its 1991 declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered remarks in a video address from Kyiv’s Independence Square, emphasizing the nation’s resolve.
“We are building a Ukraine that will have enough strength and power to live in security and peace,” Zelenskyy said, calling for a “just peace.”
“What our future will be is up to us alone,” he said, in a nod to the U.S.–Russia summit in Alaska earlier in August, which many feared would leave Ukrainian and European interests sidelined.
“And the world knows this. And the world respects this. It respects Ukraine. It perceives Ukraine as an equal,” he said.
U.S. special envoy Keith Kellogg was in attendance at Independence Day celebrations in Kyiv, during which Zelenskyy awarded him the Ukrainian Order of Merit, of the 1st degree.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Kyiv on Sunday morning for meetings with Zelenskyy.
“On this special day — Ukraine’s Independence Day — it is especially important for us to feel the support of our friends. And Canada has always stood by our side,” wrote Andriy Yermak, Zelenskyy’s chief of staff.
Military aid and prayers for peace
In a joint news conference with Zelenskyy, Carney said Canada will invest 2 billion Canadian dollars ($1.5 billion) in new military assistance for Ukraine to boost its army and provide urgently needed weapons.
Zelenskyy said the two leaders were considering the presence of Canadian forces on the ground in Ukraine as part of a reassurance force.
WATCH: Canada’s foreign minister on U.S. relations and security guarantees for Ukraine
Norway announced significant new military aid Sunday, pledging about 7 billion kroner ($695 million) for air defense systems. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said Norway and Germany are jointly funding two Patriot systems, including missiles, with Norway also helping procure air defense radar.
Pope Leo XIV prayed Sunday for peace in Ukraine as he marked the country’s Independence Day with a special appeal during his weekly noon blessing. He said the faithful were joining Ukrainians “asking that the Lord give peace to their martyred country.”
Leo also sent a telegram to Zelenskyy, which the Ukrainian leader posted on X along with similar notes from other world leaders.
In the letter, Leo assured his prayers for all Ukrainians who are suffering, and wrote: “I implore the Lord to move the hearts of people of good will, that the clamor of arms may fall silent and give way to dialogue, opening the path to peace for the good of all.”
A war of attrition
Meanwhile, Russia’s troops continued their push in eastern and northern Ukraine, where Russia claimed Saturday that its forces had seized two villages in the Donetsk region. The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said Sunday that Ukraine had taken back control of the village of Novomykhailivka, also in the Donetsk region.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said Sunday that 146 Russian servicemen had been returned from Ukraine, in exchange for the same number of Ukrainian servicemen. The ministry said the latest exchange also included eight residents of Russia’s Kursk region, which was subject to a surprise Ukrainian incursion in August 2024, who were returned to Russia after being held in Ukraine.
Shortly after the Russian announcement, Zelenskyy said “our people are coming home.” He said that those being exchanged included members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the National Guard, the State Border Guard Service and civilians. “Most of them had been in captivity since 2022,” he said.
Zelenskyy did not confirm the number of prisoners involved in the exchange.
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