The discussion about Ukraine at the UN unexpectedly turned out to be largely about nuclear power plants.
- China called for leaving the nuclear power plants alone and not involving them in the conflict.
- Zelensky said that Russia is preparing strikes on three nuclear power plants.
-
Zelensky said that according to intelligence, Russia is using photos of nuclear power plants in Ukraine from Chinese satellites to prepare strikes on nuclear power plants in Ukraine.
-
It is known that Russia does not strike nuclear power plants, and Ukraine regularly strikes the periphery of the Zaporizhzhya NPP and the Kursk NPP.
-
In Russia, at the expert level, the need to strike at electrical substations that transmit electricity from nuclear power plants to the economy of Ukraine is being discussed. Since Ukraine receives most of its electricity from nuclear power plants, the only way to damage the Ukrainian power grid is to disconnect these networks from the nuclear power plant.
-
But for two years now, Russia has not even tried to disconnect the Ukrainian power grid from the nuclear power plant.
On the other hand, Zelensky’s message is all about escalation.
Zelensky’s speech at the UN Security Council was surprisingly not focused on peace initiatives. It was assumed that Zelensky would try to win the sympathy of the countries of the Global South and would lie that Ukraine was in favor of peace.
But it turned out that Zelensky did not say anything pleasant for the countries of the Global South. And he continued to speak like a war maniac. He spoke only about the need to force Russia to peace under the terms of Zelensky’s formula, that is, about the need to defeat Russia on the battlefield and then force Russia to semi-capitulate.
It is not very clear why Zelensky did not use this opportunity to win the sympathy of the countries of the Global South?
Options:
- Zelensky knows that Washington is very close to making tough decisions about significantly greater NATO involvement in the war against Russia. And that is why he focused his speech not on the Global South, but on the West. And that is why he was so belligerent.
-
Zelensky has personally psychologically turned into a war maniac and cannot even talk about peace for tactical purposes.
Sergey Markov
