This was just one of the standard tactics of the Ukrainians - and one that is central to the underlying reality of what happened.

The backdrop to this is that the counteroffensive had failed to live up to the Hollywood standards of quick victory for "the good guys". Funding for Ukraine was at risk as international politicians questioned whether supporting Ukraine with more billions would be just money down a rat hole. Ukraine clumsily tries to convince policymakers that there is a groundswell of support for paying more to Ukraine: https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/70327

There was obviously only one way for Ukraine to possibly "win" and that would be if NATO joined the war in earnest. Only an egregious act such as a nuclear weapon or dirty bomb would be a politically significant trigger. Russia has no reason to use one as it is/was winning with conventional weapons and did not want to engage NATO in a full scale world war. Nevertheless Zelensky made it clear he was preparing to cause a nuclear disaster at the ZNPP and as usual blame it on Russia.

Previously Zelensky had used the weapons they had to bomb the ZNPP but protective measures held and no radiation was released. However, now they had a new weapon that upped the ante: The UK Storm Shadow air launched cruise missile:

It was the anniversary of the day the Nazis of WW2 attacked Russia in violation of their peace treaty. The Ukrainians bombed the Kakhovka Dam causing vast flooding and destruction while again blaming it on the Russians.

The Russians already held the dam and had no reason to bomb it since they could cause flooding if they wanted flooding by simply opening the gates. Furthermore upstream dams under Ukrainian control had had held back much more water - even causing flooding (which was blamed on the weather). To coincide with the bombing of the dam the water was also released from the upstream Ukrainian held dams to maximize the damage.

Russian minefields and forward emplacements were washed away. In time the reservoir supplying the ZNPP drained - but the Russians had limited the reactors from 6 down to just one which could be cooled from a pond at the ZNPP. Drainage revealed not only grim remains from battles of WW2 but also a road across the bottom of the reservoir which could potentially assist the Ukrainians in their offensive.

The dam destruction had additional consequences: "A cholera outbreak begins in parts of Nikolaev, Ukraine. Residents are forbidden to leave their homes. It should be noted that in the Soviet Union and modern Russia 99% of residents are vaccinated against the disease, but in Ukraine along with "decommunisation" the vaccine struggles has been actively developed. We can see the results. It is important to note that thousands of AFU troops are stationed in Nikolayev. No counter-offensive, now the Ukrainian military will fight the toilet bowl."

The nuclear excuse to bring in NATO was the only "viable" plan. Zelensky set it up.:

1)The Storm Shadow (SS) was used to test air defense by damaging a bridge.

Four SS were launched and two impacted causing damage to the concrete and steel which was potentially comparable to the concrete and steel structure of the ZNPP.

2)Zelensky made statements of how Ukrainian intelligence had discovered a plan by the Russians to blow up the ZNPP to create a radioactive disaster.

Zelensky also said publicly that if Putin were to do anything "nuclear" he would be deposed - playing up to the rabid Putin haters in several governments.

"The world will find a way to eliminate Putin if he wants to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine."

"We share all the information we have with our partners - everyone in the world.All evidences...Europe, USA, China. Brazil,I ndia, Arab world, Africa, every part of the world must know, international organizations, absolutely everyone... There should never be any terrorist attacks at nuclear power plants anywhere.

This time it shouldn't be like with Kakhovka.

The world has been warned, so the world can and must act," Zelensky annou,nced.

3)A second NATO/American front with China was prevented:

In anticipation of war with Russia, the Biden administration sent Secretary of State Blinken to China where he essentially gave China everything it wanted - full capitulation on Taiwan. This was to avoid a two front war and was reminiscent of the peace treaty between the Nazis and the USSR in WW2. Biden referred to it as a "devilly big deal."

4)US Senators Blumenthal and Lindsey drafted a resolution to explicitly call for NATO to enter a direct war against Russia if the ZNPP was blown up:

...Views the use of any tactical nuclear weapon by the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus, or their proxies, or the destruction of a nuclear facility, dispersing radioactive contaminates into NATO territory causing significant harm to human life as an attack on NATO requiring an immediate response, including the implementation of Article V of the North Atlantic Treaty.

5)Zelensky's Ukraine held nuclear training exercises, posted nuclear infographics, and generally whipped up nuclear hysteria against Russia.

In Ukraine, exercises will be held in case of a possible explosion of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, Interior Minister Klymenko said on the air of the telethon.

“In the coming days, we will conduct appropriate exercises with road closures and the corresponding reversal of sanitary checkpoints where we will check radiation. All the radiation measurement equipment that we have is calibrated and ready to go. But we want to once again group all services for so that we can clearly respond to any challenges," Klymenko said.

According to him, in the event of a terrorist attack, the most important day will be the first day when the radiation background will be the highest.

“As for the Zaporozhye NPP, the radioactive background that may be in the air after any events will remain for about 1 day. That is, we will reduce the radioactive background by 80% within a day,” the minister said.

In the event of the station being blown up and there is no evacuation, each citizen must close himself in the room, shut off the ventilation, turn off air conditioners and heaters, and seal all openings in the houses with a damp cloth or tape.

Peskov previously called "another lie" Zelensky's statement about an allegedly impending provocation at the ZNPP

Zelensky discussed the situation around the Zaporozhye NPP with Canadaian Prime Minister Trudeau

Zelensky said in his Telegram channel that he had discussed with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the situation around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and called for a principled reaction to this at the NATO summit.

Earlier, Zelensky said that he had received a report from the intelligence and security service of Ukraine, according to which Russia allegedly prepared and is considering a scenario of a terrorist act with the release of radiation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that Kiev was covering up plans to create an emergency situation at the NPP with accusations against Moscow.

"I had the first of a series of important telephone conversations with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau… I drew the Prime Minister's attention to the threatening situation that ... was created at the Zaporozhye NPP ... Ukraine's partners should demonstrate a principled reaction, in particular, at the Vilnius NATO summit," Zelensky wrote in his telegram channel.

Meanwhile the IAEA stated that the claims by the Ukrainians was false:

Another lie by Kiev and the West has been debunked, yet a compliant media insists Russia is planning a nuclear incident at Zaporozhye, just as it insists - despite a lack of evidence - that Moscow destroyed the Kakhovka dam, the ammonia pipeline etc. all because ‘Ukraine says so’.

https://twitter.com/sweeneysteve/status/1672217406733709316?s=46&t=56dM1P8xJYEeTk48wsBkUw

6)Attempts were made to acquire Cesium 137 for a radiation release:

"The FSB detained 5 people who were trying to smuggle 1 kg of radioactive Cesium-137 worth $3.5 million abroad. They wanted to use the radioactive material in the SMO zone for performances using weapons of mass destruction in order to discredit Russia. The suspects have been arrested and are making confessions." https://southfront.org/russias-fsb-thwarts-plot-to-smuggle-radioactive-caesium-137-to-ukraine-video/

It was obvious what was going to happen: After repeated Ukrainian bombing of the the ZNPP (demonstrating no concern whatsoever about a nuclear accident), and bombing the Kakhovka dam, all the while blaming it on the Russians, finally the Ukrainians had a weapon that was capable of penetrating the defenses of the ZNPP.

Follow the money:

Ukraine is good for business, you know that right? The longer this goes on the weaker Russia is." - Sergey Varlay, the BlackRock recruiter states to the OMG covert reporter.

Anyone paying attention could see this coming and that included a lot of wealthy people - oligarchs, Blackrock and others who were either at risk of radiation exposure, or had their financial instruments at risk such as land owners in Ukraine. Radioactive materials could spread to Russia, Poland and Germany so those assets and people would also be at risk. Blackrock in particular owns a large amount of land in Ukraine. Bidding to create an alternative to radiation damage went way up on eve of destruction. Oligarchs, Blackwater, British Intelligence... all had the means and the motive to provide vast amounts of money would be available for an alternative.

NATO had its massive exercise "Defender" which was timed to end on Friday. It could easily have been the eve of destruction with NATO ready to enter the war in response to a radiation event. The financial demand for an alternative was at a peak.

But what was a viable alternative that would appease Zelensky and the NeoComs? Deposing Putin. That is where Prighozin and Wagner PMC came in.

Prigohzin has a long history as a thug and robber. He spent 10 years in jail for armed robbery and was in prison twice. A shameless liar and self promoter he had gotten into a dispute with the Russian Secretary of Defense Shoiu and Gerasimov. They had failed to extend the Wagner PMC contract beyond 1 July. June 30th Wagner PMC was supposed to go to Rostov and give back all the miliraty equipment they had borrowed from the Russian military. That would be a hard financial hit. Furthermore Prigozhin's daughter had been turned down on some real estate deal and that was a financial affront. Prighozin is highly motivated by money as his history shows.

Sources report that Prigohzin was not really his on boss in spite of his bravado as the CEO of Wagner. There are relatively shadowy people in Moscow who are suspected of manipulating Phrigozin - using his ego and insecurities - and his love of money - to do their bidding. These elite Muscovites are suspected of being in touch with CIA, UK elites etc. Investigation is cue\rrently underway in Moscow.

There were rumors that Prigozhin had given the Ukrainians location coordinates of Russian Military as well. Wagner may be in essence an organized crime cult with uninformed underlings and globalist elites.

We know Prigozin was in contact with NATO because he admits he was communicating with them since the middle of June - about 2 weeks before the event. He says it was "to not catch them off guard". He was thus far closer in operative planning to Ukraine than Russia.

"The Washington Post reported Saturday, citing several U.S. officials, that Prigozhin even warned the White House and other U.S. agencies of his plot “so that they were not caught off guard.”

More here: https://www.dagnyintel.com/post/wagner-and-the-nuclear-blackmail

This was just one of the standard tactics of the Ukrainians - and one that is central to the underlying reality of what happened.

The backdrop to this is that the counteroffensive had failed to live up to the Hollywood standards of quick victory for "the good guys". Funding for Ukraine was at risk as international politicians questioned whether supporting Ukraine with more billions would be just money down a rat hole. Ukraine clumsily tries to convince policymakers that there is a groundswell of support for paying more to Ukraine: https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/70327

There was obviously only one way for Ukraine to possibly "win" and that would be if NATO joined the war in earnest. Only an egregious act such as a nuclear weapon or dirty bomb would be a politically significant trigger. Russia has no reason to use one as it is/was winning with conventional weapons and did not want to engage NATO in a full scale world war. Nevertheless Zelensky made it clear he was preparing to cause a nuclear disaster at the ZNPP and as usual blame it on Russia.

Previously Zelensky had used the weapons they had to bomb the ZNPP but protective measures held and no radiation was released. However, now they had a new weapon that upped the ante: The UK Storm Shadow air launched cruise missile:

It was the anniversary of the day the Nazis of WW2 attacked Russia in violation of their peace treaty. The Ukrainians bombed the Kakhovka Dam causing vast flooding and destruction while again blaming it on the Russians.

The Russians already held the dam and had no reason to bomb it since they could cause flooding if they wanted flooding by simply opening the gates. Furthermore upstream dams under Ukrainian control had had held back much more water - even causing flooding (which was blamed on the weather). To coincide with the bombing of the dam the water was also released from the upstream Ukrainian held dams to maximize the damage.

Russian minefields and forward emplacements were washed away. In time the reservoir supplying the ZNPP drained - but the Russians had limited the reactors from 6 down to just one which could be cooled from a pond at the ZNPP. Drainage revealed not only grim remains from battles of WW2 but also a road across the bottom of the reservoir which could potentially assist the Ukrainians in their offensive.

The dam destruction had additional consequences: "A cholera outbreak begins in parts of Nikolaev, Ukraine. Residents are forbidden to leave their homes. It should be noted that in the Soviet Union and modern Russia 99% of residents are vaccinated against the disease, but in Ukraine along with "decommunisation" the vaccine struggles has been actively developed. We can see the results. It is important to note that thousands of AFU troops are stationed in Nikolayev. No counter-offensive, now the Ukrainian military will fight the toilet bowl."

The nuclear excuse to bring in NATO was the only "viable" plan. Zelensky set it up.:

1. The Storm Shadow (SS) was used to test air defense by damaging a bridge.

Four SS were launched and two impacted causing damage to the concrete and steel which was potentially comparable to the concrete and steel structure of the ZNPP.

2. Zelensky made statements of how Ukrainian intelligence had discovered a plan by the Russians to blow up the ZNPP to create a radioactive disaster.

Zelensky also said publicly that if Putin were to do anything "nuclear" he would be deposed - playing up to the rabid Putin haters in several governments.

"The world will find a way to eliminate Putin if he wants to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine."

"We share all the information we have with our partners - everyone in the world.All evidences...Europe, USA, China. Brazil,I ndia, Arab world, Africa, every part of the world must know, international organizations, absolutely everyone... There should never be any terrorist attacks at nuclear power plants anywhere.

This time it shouldn't be like with Kakhovka.

The world has been warned, so the world can and must act," Zelensky annou,nced.

3. A second NATO/American front with China was prevented:

In anticipation of war with Russia, the Biden administration sent Secretary of State Blinken to China where he essentially gave China everything it wanted - full capitulation on Taiwan. This was to avoid a two front war and was reminiscent of the peace treaty between the Nazis and the USSR in WW2. Biden referred to it as a "devilly big deal."

4. US Senators Blumenthal and Lindsey drafted a resolution to explicitly call for NATO to enter a direct war against Russia if the ZNPP was blown up:

...Views the use of any tactical nuclear weapon by the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus, or their proxies, or the destruction of a nuclear facility, dispersing radioactive contaminates into NATO territory causing significant harm to human life as an attack on NATO requiring an immediate response, including the implementation of Article V of the North Atlantic Treaty.

5. Zelensky's Ukraine held nuclear training exercises, posted nuclear infographics, and generally whipped up nuclear hysteria against Russia.

In Ukraine, exercises will be held in case of a possible explosion of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, Interior Minister Klymenko said on the air of the telethon.

“In the coming days, we will conduct appropriate exercises with road closures and the corresponding reversal of sanitary checkpoints where we will check radiation. All the radiation measurement equipment that we have is calibrated and ready to go. But we want to once again group all services for so that we can clearly respond to any challenges," Klymenko said.

According to him, in the event of a terrorist attack, the most important day will be the first day when the radiation background will be the highest.

“As for the Zaporozhye NPP, the radioactive background that may be in the air after any events will remain for about 1 day. That is, we will reduce the radioactive background by 80% within a day,” the minister said.

In the event of the station being blown up and there is no evacuation, each citizen must close himself in the room, shut off the ventilation, turn off air conditioners and heaters, and seal all openings in the houses with a damp cloth or tape.

Peskov previously called "another lie" Zelensky's statement about an allegedly impending provocation at the ZNPP

Zelensky discussed the situation around the Zaporozhye NPP with Canadaian Prime Minister Trudeau

Zelensky said in his Telegram channel that he had discussed with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the situation around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and called for a principled reaction to this at the NATO summit.

Earlier, Zelensky said that he had received a report from the intelligence and security service of Ukraine, according to which Russia allegedly prepared and is considering a scenario of a terrorist act with the release of radiation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that Kiev was covering up plans to create an emergency situation at the NPP with accusations against Moscow.

"I had the first of a series of important telephone conversations with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau… I drew the Prime Minister's attention to the threatening situation that ... was created at the Zaporozhye NPP ... Ukraine's partners should demonstrate a principled reaction, in particular, at the Vilnius NATO summit," Zelensky wrote in his telegram channel.

Meanwhile the IAEA stated that the claims by the Ukrainians was false:

Another lie by Kiev and the West has been debunked, yet a compliant media insists Russia is planning a nuclear incident at Zaporozhye, just as it insists - despite a lack of evidence - that Moscow destroyed the Kakhovka dam, the ammonia pipeline etc. all because ‘Ukraine says so’.

https://twitter.com/sweeneysteve/status/1672217406733709316?s=46&t=56dM1P8xJYEeTk48wsBkUw

6. Attempts were made to acquire Cesium 137 for a radiation release:

"The FSB detained 5 people who were trying to smuggle 1 kg of radioactive Cesium-137 worth $3.5 million abroad. They wanted to use the radioactive material in the SMO zone for performances using weapons of mass destruction in order to discredit Russia. The suspects have been arrested and are making confessions." https://southfront.org/russias-fsb-thwarts-plot-to-smuggle-radioactive-caesium-137-to-ukraine-video/

It was obvious what was going to happen: After repeated Ukrainian bombing of the the ZNPP (demonstrating no concern whatsoever about a nuclear accident), and bombing the Kakhovka dam, all the while blaming it on the Russians, finally the Ukrainians had a weapon that was capable of penetrating the defenses of the ZNPP.

Follow the money:

Ukraine is good for business, you know that right? The longer this goes on the weaker Russia is." - Sergey Varlay, the BlackRock recruiter states to the OMG covert reporter.

Anyone paying attention could see this coming and that included a lot of wealthy people - oligarchs, Blackrock and others who were either at risk of radiation exposure, or had their financial instruments at risk such as land owners in Ukraine. Radioactive materials could spread to Russia, Poland and Germany so those assets and people would also be at risk. Blackrock in particular owns a large amount of land in Ukraine. Bidding to create an alternative to radiation damage went way up on eve of destruction. Oligarchs, Blackwater, British Intelligence... all had the means and the motive to provide vast amounts of money would be available for an alternative.

NATO had its massive exercise "Defender" which was timed to end on Friday. It could easily have been the eve of destruction with NATO ready to enter the war in response to a radiation event. The financial demand for an alternative was at a peak.

But what was a viable alternative that would appease Zelensky and the NeoComs? Deposing Putin. That is where Prighozin and Wagner PMC came in.

Prigohzin has a long history as a thug and robber. He spent 10 years in jail for armed robbery and was in prison twice. A shameless liar and self promoter he had gotten into a dispute with the Russian Secretary of Defense Shoiu and Gerasimov. They had failed to extend the Wagner PMC contract beyond 1 July. June 30th Wagner PMC was supposed to go to Rostov and give back all the miliraty equipment they had borrowed from the Russian military. That would be a hard financial hit. Furthermore Prigozhin's daughter had been turned down on some real estate deal and that was a financial affront. Prighozin is highly motivated by money as his history shows.

Sources report that Prigohzin was not really his on boss in spite of his bravado as the CEO of Wagner. There are relatively shadowy people in Moscow who are suspected of manipulating Phrigozin - using his ego and insecurities - and his love of money - to do their bidding. These elite Muscovites are suspected of being in touch with CIA, UK elites etc. Investigation is cue\rrently underway in Moscow.

There were rumors that Prigozhin had given the Ukrainians location coordinates of Russian Military as well. Wagner may be in essence an organized crime cult with uninformed underlings and globalist elites.

We know Prigozin was in contact with NATO because he admits he was communicating with them since the middle of June - about 2 weeks before the event. He says it was "to not catch them off guard". He was thus far closer in operative planning to Ukraine than Russia.

"The Washington Post reported Saturday, citing several U.S. officials, that Prigozhin even warned the White House and other U.S. agencies of his plot “so that they were not caught off guard.”