Europe could be facing an ‘armageddon’ situation if a nuclear facility near Ukraine is hit by missiles as the Russian invasion continues.
Well-known campaigner and CEO of Chernobyl Children's Project International Adi Roche warns that time is running out to halt the violent war on Ukraine before disaster strikes the European continent.
She described the plant as the ‘crown jewel’ in terms of nuclear facilities in Europe, and should an accident occur on site, the devastation would be felt miles and miles away.
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Adi says it is vital that more action is taken by world leaders to make this area of Ukraine a no-war zone and ensure the safety of millions of people.
In her stark warning on air with C103’s Cork Today Show, she said all life on this planet is at risk if an explosion takes place in the plant at Zaporizhia.
She claimed that no one is saying it directly as it is as well as the huge dangers we face and that both sides need to realise a nuclear site is off limits when it comes to violence like this.
Speaking to Patricia Messinger this morning on C103's Cork Today Show Ms. Roche said: “I’m afraid to even give you an honest answer [as to whether a disaster will occur], or I’m afraid to acknowledge myself what the real response to that actually is, because I mean what we’re doing is we’re looking down the barrel of a gun and we’re looking at potentially - and I hate to use words like this - facing some kind of an Armaghedden and there will be no coming back from that.
She said the nuclear site which is under threat from shelling “is the jewel in the crown in terms of nuclear facilities in Europe. That’s why the Russians decided to go right to the heart of that. It reminds me of the Twin Towers when not only did it slaughter human life but it also went to the heart of America because it was so symbolic of developments in the States.
“And Russia, in the world of nuclear energy, that would have been one of the pinnacles and I know the plant well because I passed it a couple of times in 1987, a year after the Chernobyl disaster so, it’s been a miracle, that’s all I can say that it hasn’t happened since the takeover in March of the power station.
“But you and I both know it’s like playing Russian Roulette - our number will be up and miracles don’t last forever.”
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