Lots of reporting by journalists full of empathy for #Ukraine. Yet, some hard Western national interest issues remain under the radar screen:
1. Europe's largest #NuclearPowerPlant at Zaporizhzhia in South-East Ukraine is now very close to the combat zone.
forbes.com/sites/craighoo…
1. Europe's largest #NuclearPowerPlant at Zaporizhzhia in South-East Ukraine is now very close to the combat zone.
forbes.com/sites/craighoo…
2. Its six reactors provide electricity for large parts of Ukraine, and cannot be switched off. They need a functioning personnel support and infrastructure. Otherwise their operation becomes risky.
3. #Ukraine has ca. 40 million inhabitants. If electricity, heating, water supply, etc. stop working, those who can will run westwards. How exactly is the EU going to distribute and deal with millions of such #refugees?
4. Russia is an official atomic-weapons state under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) explicitly allowed to possess nuclear warheads (it has more than NATO). Ukraine is an official NPT non-atomic-weapons-state explicitly forbidden to possess any nuclear-weapons material.
5. Many states around the world may, in the future, not want to be as stupid as the Ukrainian state. Instead, some may even prefer to be as smart as the Russian state. Are we ready for a nuclear world once a disruptive technology allows all countries to easily produce the bomb?
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