Missed it by that much.
The Russian Liberators (may as well start calling them that as the history books will be re-written that way) either have excellent aim or terrible aim and we hope it's excellent for our future safety as their bombing caused a fire at Europe's largest nuclear power plant in Enerhodar, Ukraine. The fire erupted at the Zaporizhzhia power plant’s training facility that is adjacent to its six nuclear reactors and has been put out this morning, narrowly missing a disaster that would have made Chernobyl look like a minor mishap.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists on Friday that the attack was an act of terror that put all of Europe at risk.
“We survived the night that could have put an end to history,” he said, adding that an explosion of the plant would have caused six times the damage of the 1986 meltdown at Ukraine’s Chernobyl power plant, which sent radioactive clouds across Europe.
“Russian tankmen knew what they were shelling. Directly shooting at the power plant is unprecedented terror,” he said, reiterating his call on the West to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine.
Putin addressed the nation yesterday and said all this is going according to plan and now we get to see what, if anything, NATO and the UN do about a guy who is on the verge of causing either a nuclear war or a nuclear catastrophe. More sanctions? European investors are not too convinced that's going to work and their stocks are down 3.7% this morning and the VIX is flying higher so our indexes may follow suit:
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If the Russell (/RTY) falls below the 2,000 line, you can use that for a short with very tight stops above.
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