Russia Is Now Openly Threatening to Bomb a Nuclear Power Plant

“There will be either Russian land or a scorched desert,” a Russian general reportedly said after claiming to have mined the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine.

Shannon Vavra 

National Security Reporter

Dan Ladden-Hall 

Breaking News Editor

Matt Young 

Night Editor

Published Aug. 8 2022 5:31AM EDT 

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