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According to the ''[[Associated Press]]''<ref>https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-a3092d8e476949ed7c55607a645a9154</ref> and ''[[Reuters]]'',<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraine-nuclear-reactors-being-safely-shut-down-us-energy-official-2022-03-04/</ref><ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/ukraine-crisis-nuclear-plant-radiation/radiation-level-unchanged-at-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-ria-idINL2N2V704S</ref> they lied.

According to the ''[[Associated Press]]''<ref>https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-a3092d8e476949ed7c55607a645a9154</ref> and ''[[Reuters]]'',<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraine-nuclear-reactors-being-safely-shut-down-us-energy-official-2022-03-04/</ref><ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/ukraine-crisis-nuclear-plant-radiation/radiation-level-unchanged-at-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-ria-idINL2N2V704S</ref> they lied.

Mark Nelson, managing director at Radiant Energy Fund, noted that Zelensky’s claims were deliberately misleading.<ref>https://twitter.com/energybants/status/1499573995657646106</ref> Canadian nuclear arms expert Claire Wählen said the same.<ref>https://twitter.com/Claire_Wahlen/status/1499552935470149652</ref>  So dangerous was this lie that the [[U.S. State Department]] sent out an urgent message to all American embassies in Europe, instructing them to not share a tweet by the U.S. Embassy in Kiev claiming that Russia was trying to blow up the nuclear power plant.<ref>https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F515d16ed-dadb-41ec-a376-2d4c25969552_720x1006.jpeg</ref>

Mark Nelson, managing director at Radiant Energy Fund, noted that Zelensky’s claims were deliberately misleading.<ref>https://twitter.com/energybants/status/1499573995657646106</ref> Canadian [[nuclear arms]] expert Claire Wählen said the same.<ref>https://twitter.com/Claire_Wahlen/status/1499552935470149652</ref>  So dangerous was this lie that the [[U.S. State Department]] sent out an urgent message to all American embassies in Europe, instructing them to not share a tweet by the U.S. Embassy in Kiev claiming that Russia was trying to blow up the nuclear power plant.<ref>https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F515d16ed-dadb-41ec-a376-2d4c25969552_720x1006.jpeg</ref>

The fact that there was fighting around the facility suggests that the Ukrainian military had deliberately engaged Russian troops from that location. Combat footage appears to show Ukrainian forces firing rockets from the nuclear power facility, which reportedly sparked return fire from Russian troops.<ref>https://twitter.com/ClintEhrlich/status/1499589355513417733</ref>  A training center over a mile away from the 6 nuclear reactors were set on fire in the shelling.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekWRes-pAD4&t=442s</ref>

The fact that there was fighting around the facility suggests that the Ukrainian military had deliberately engaged Russian troops from that location. Combat footage appears to show Ukrainian forces firing rockets from the nuclear power facility, which reportedly sparked return fire from Russian troops.<ref>https://twitter.com/ClintEhrlich/status/1499589355513417733</ref>  A training center over a mile away from the 6 nuclear reactors were set on fire in the shelling.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekWRes-pAD4&t=442s</ref>