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Will Putin turn captured nuclear power plant into a dirty bomb?

Volodmyr Zelensky says his intelligence services have proof that Russians have mined the Zaporizhzhia electricity plant and plan to blow it up.

Misha ZelinskyColumnist

Updated Jul 5, 2023 – 9.54am, first published at 9.51am

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Kyiv | Will Vladimir Putin use Europe’s largest nuclear power station as a dirty bomb? It depends on who you ask.

President Volodmyr Zelensky says his intelligence services have proof that Russians have mined the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) in the southern industrial city of Enerhodar and plan to commit “another act of terrorism” by blowing it up.

Misha Zelinsky is a Fulbright Scholar, a former assistant national secretary Australian Workers' Union, and expert associate at the National Security College.