President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. Archival photoMOSCOW, 15 Aug. Twitter users were outraged by the statement of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about his readiness to strike at the Russian military guarding the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. Earlier, Zelensky said that every Russian military man who «covers behind the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant» would become a «special target» and threatened to strike 
«Got it already.» The Germans responded harshly to Zelensky's appeal to the RussiansCommentators called the Ukrainian leader a war criminal and blamed the Kyiv regime for shelling the plant. «Oh, looks like nuclear winter is coming. Stock up on iodine pills while they're still cheap!» — the reader was frightened. “Stop this war criminal,” called another. “Well, I suppose that closes the question of who fired on the Zaporizhzhya NPP. which is already under its control,” stated in the comments.The American military admitted that Ukraine has no chance of winning «Well, at least Zelensky stopped lying that Russia is shelling itself. It was absolutely pointless. Exactly the same as the other lies of the Ukrainian authorities,» the reader noted. “Zelensky doesn’t care, he knows his days are numbered, so he can pollute Ukraine with radiation and go to one of his luxurious homes in the US, UK or Israel to spend the ill-gotten money of American and British taxpayers laundered and hidden in the Cayman Islands” , — the user wrote. Zaporozhye NPP is located on the left bank of the Dnieper, near the city of Energodar. This is the largest in terms of the number of power units (six) and the most powerful nuclear power plant in Europe. Since March, it has been under the protection of the Russian military. As emphasized in the Russian Foreign Ministry, this is justified from the point of view of preventing leaks of radioactive materials. Since the beginning of August, Ukrainian troops have stepped up shelling of nuclear power plants. According to Volodymyr Rogov, a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, the servicemen of the 44th artillery brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine use guided missiles and Western-made shells. The shelling has already damaged the high-voltage line of the Kakhovskaya substation, the staff had to reduce the power of two power units. On Monday, the administration of Energodar reported several explosions near the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant after a massive shelling of the city by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Local authorities specified that about 25 US-supplied heavy guns hit the city and the nuclear power plant.
