PN>>19170329 China hacked emails at 24 gov’t agencies, incl. US State Department

You notice what the Government, Microsoft and others are not saying here?

• They don’t report how many years of emails or documents they stole from the various agencies?

• Nor are the mentioning all the federal agencies, perhaps military and and possible WH that were hacked.

• Shutting down the hack after it happens means they may have been successful of stealing a lot of top secret classified material.

• They also mention it was noticed on the 15th but don’t mention how long before that day it was done.

• And Microsoft took a whole day or more to block it. This announcement does not say how much material was stolen.

• Plus it was China that hacked in and the article mentions the State Department which is just another intelligence agency, that has close to 76,000+ (2018 figure) employees here and around the world.

• the federal government has approx 30 plus agencies, and they report 23 federal agencies were hacked. So they hacked the largest agencies.The article tries to downplay thisbut this a massive hack and probably scooped up so much infothey can damage the US in many different ways and probably know all the Admin & military plans around China, Taiwan and Asia

• Microsoft violated their contract with the Federal Government in a major way but there’s no mention of any penalties on the company!

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“He added, “It’s clear that the PRC is steadily improving its cyber collection capabilities directed against the U.S. and our allies. Close coordination between the U.S. government and the private sector will be critical to countering this threat.”

A spokesperson for the State Department told confirmed to CNBC that the department had been impacted by the hack, noting that after it “detected anomalous activity,”the department immediately took steps to secure its systems. The spokesperson noted that the State Department will “continue to closely monitor and quickly respond to any further activity.”

PN>>19171185 Pre-Emptive Presidential Pardons for Joe and Hunter Biden

From my understanding he can only pardon himself for crimes committed while he was in the WH, I don’t he can pardon himself for crimes as a private citizen. And can he really pardon himself, Hunter etc. for treason against the US?

Anons had researched this before, and this article may be oversimplified.Does anyone know more about pardon power?.

I think Joe and Hunter are unconcerned becauseno federal agency will prosecute them because they are all involved and blackmailed themselves. The US Government is a captured organization.

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Legal Fact Check: Pardons

A U.S. president has broad powers to issue pardons to individuals involved in criminal investigations. But are those powers unlimited? No, there are some limitations such as for offenses on a state level. And, it is unsettled whether a president can pardon him- or herself.

A U.S. president has broadbut not unlimited powers to pardon. For example, a president cannot pardon someone for a state crime. And constitutional experts are divided on whether a president can pardon him- or herself.

The U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 reads: “The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment (emphasis added).”

There is a strong consensus among legal experts that apresident cannot pardon someone for a state offense, as the Constitution notes “offenses against the United States.” In other words, state law enforcement authorities could review any criminal allegations, without presidential intervention, to determine if they rise to the level of a state offense.

The legal record is also clear that a president can pardon for a presumptive crime, like what then-President Gerald Ford did with his predecessor Richard Nixon on Sept. 8, 1974. In the aftermath of Watergate, Ford gave Nixon, who resigned from the presidency a month earlier, an “absolute pardon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from Jan. 20, 1969 through Aug. 9, 1974.”

The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the presidential power to pardon in ex parte Garland, an 1866 case involving a former Confederate senator who had been pardoned by President Andrew Johnson. In that case, the high court made clear that the pardon power “extends to every offense known to the law, and may be exercised at any time after its commission, either before legal proceedings are taken or during their pendency, or after conviction and judgment.”

One unsettled legal question is whether a president can pardon himself. The Constitution says a president cannot pardon “in cases of impeachment.” Expert legal opinions on this question vary, and the U.S. Supreme Court has not weighed in on this issue.

https://www.americanbar.org/advocacy/governmental_legislative_work/publications/washingtonletter/dec-2020-wl/legal-fact-check-pardons-1220wl/

Viewer-sponsored ‘Sound of Freedom’ flick stirs box-office revolution, say observers

Film distributor Angel Studios credits 'guild' of backers for supporting upcoming releases

By Mark A. Kellner

It’s a classic cinematic setup: A scrappy underdog challenges an undisputed champ and scores a surprise victory. But this particular movie plotline pits Hollywood’s studio system against a small film distributor in Provo, Utah.

And Angel Studios’ success in its release of the faith-forward drama “Sound of Freedom” last week has sparked talk of a game-changing movement among company executives and industry observers.

The film — formerly the property of 20th Century Fox and Walt Disney Studios — is projected to garner $40 million in its first week of theatrical release. Its distribution relied on word-of-mouth promotion and a grassroots social media campaign in which moviegoers were asked to “pay it forward” by purchasing tickets that others could claim.

“When you have something like faith-based crowdfunding for a demographic that often feels ignored or underserved by the industry, Angel Studios is hitting the sweet spot,” said screenwriter/producer Bradford Winters, whose series projects include the FX spy thriller “The Americans” and the HBO prison drama “Oz.”

But relying on its grassroots supporters to produce or promote faith-based films raises the stakes a bit, given that movies can have exponentially higher production and marketing costs. Movie critic Christian Toto, host of the “Hollywood in Toto” podcast, said the gambit might be what’s needed in an increasingly fragmented entertainment marketplace.

“We need new marketing techniques and new practices with Hollywood, as the marketplace changes and as new technologies emerge,” said Mr. Toto, a former feature writer for The Washington Times. “This seems like a rather practical and effective approach so far.” Still, Mr. Winters said the Angel Studios approach may work for a niche market but is unlikely to displace the established studio system.

“I don’t know if [it] would have the same success and impact” in other genres, he said.Angel Studios executives “know that they have a very eager, hungry audience willing to help the cause, and who probably feel very legitimized, validated, even empowered, knowing that whatever small or big contribution, you know, they’ve made to these projects helps get them made.”

That knowledge of its audience helped drive Angel Studios’ success in its release of “Sound of Freedom.” It opened last Friday and finished the weekend box office behind the new horror feature “Insidious: The Red Door” and the second-week run of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”

What’s telling is that itwas available on just 2,850 screens in North America, some 300 fewer than “Insidious” and 1,750 fewer than “Indiana Jones.”

Perhaps even more telling is the film’s subject matter: child sex trafficking. Jim Caviezel, portrays real-life former Homeland Security agent Tim Ballard, who quit his agency’s task force on crimes against children…

Adam Holz, who directs the Plugged In media-and-culture website for Focus on the Family, notes thatDisney executives scuttled “Sound of Freedom” in 2019, one year after the mega studio acquired 20th Century Fox, which had already produced the film.

“Why did Disney not want to touch this?Because, obviously, they’re the ones who made that choice,” Mr. Holz said.

For Jared Geesey, vice president of global distribution for Angel Studios,the investors— those grassroots moviegoers — hold all the power in greenlighting movies and television shows, not Hollywood executives. “Our fundamental difference is that we are letting the fan decide the content that is created and comes to the market,” Mr. Geesey said.

“There’s no executive of Angel that can greenlight a project,” he said. “We think that the Hollywood gatekeeper model of choosing what content people ought to watch is brokenand doesn’t create the kinds of stories that align with people’s values, that they want to see.”

What’s more, thanks to “Angel Guild” members, who either send a monthly amount or choose to back a specific project. Mr. Toto says crowdfunding could expand into other categories before consumers tire of the approach.

“It seems like there are more and more success stories,” he said. “I’m sure there are lots of failures, too. But you’re seeing this in the comic book industry. You’re seeing this when comedians either use Patreon or other methods to support their craft.”…

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jul/13/sound-of-freedom-viewer-sponsored-flick-stirs-box-/

13 Jul, 2023 13:26

KEK

‘Anime-loving fighters’ capture US-made Bradley vehicle

A Russian military squad draws national attention with a viral video of a frontline trophy

A Russian military unit has found itself in the media spotlight, after humorous videos of the soldiers capturing a US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle from the Ukrainian army went viral. Their reported interest in anime has further stirred up public interest.

One of the clips showed servicemen from the Kerch unit posing in front of an apparently intact piece of US-made weaponry, sarcastically thanking Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky for delivering “this nice vehicle” to them. Another clip showed one of them making a face to the camera, with the trophy in the background, and saying: “There you go – glory to Russia!”

The footage appeared earlier in the week and was widely shared on Russian social networks, before making its way into the national media. As interest grew, some outlets reported that the fighters – all of whom volunteered to serve in the army – were also anime fans.

While Japanese animation art has a diverse global fanbase, it’s still viewed as a niche interest in Russia, relatively unknown to much of the public.

Public images shared on the messenger app Telegram by one of the squad members shows his keen interest in anime. In one photo, a Kerch fighter can be seen wearing a helmet with a picture of a fox-girl drawn with her tongue out and eyes crossed – an expression known as ‘ahegao’ which features in erotic manga.

Another image shows the man behind the channel, who goes by call sign Lesiy, with a patch on his ballistic vest depicting an armed anime girl in a Russian ‘ushanka’ hat.

After the unit’s sudden rise to internet fame, Lesiy reacted with a joke post showing two anime girls standing next to an armored vehicle, captioned: “It seems like we’ve opened Pandora’s Box”.

The anime theme is part of a running joke for the soldiers. Leshiy, whose real name is Vladislav, described the unit’s frontline service as attending “an anime festival” in Donbass in one of his first posts last year.

But at least one member of the Kerch unit is a genuine enthusiast. A 19-year-old serviceman going by the nickname Shmyga was mentioned last year by the leader of a Russian anime fan group, involved in supporting the Russian troops. According to the news outlet Readovka, the soldier “loves anime girls” and carries with him a ‘dakimakura’ – a Japanese-style large pillow featuring an anime character.

https://www.rt.com/russia/579642-anime-fans-capture-bradley/

13 Jul, 2023 10:05

Russia charges trans activist with treason for aiding Ukraine

The unnamed male faces charges of treason, according to the FSB, Russia’s Federal Security Service

Russia’s Federal Security Service, the FSB, has said that it has detained a trans activist on suspicion of undermining the country’s security by funding the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The arrest was carried out in Russia’s Orel Region, about 300 kilometers south-west of Moscow, the FSB said in a statement on Thursday.

The suspect, who is not named in the statement, is said to be “an activist of the LGBT movement, who previously changed his gender from a woman to a man.”

According to the FSB, he is avolunteer for an NGO, known as OVD-Info, which is linked to multiple protests and has been formally designated by Moscow as a foreign agent in Russia. He allegedly also worked as an admin of an anti-Russia news outlet, according to the security service.

An investigation established that the suspecthad made a money transfer to a financial institution in Ukrainein order to provide assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the agency pointed out.

A criminal case alleging treason has been launched against the activist, the statement read, adding that investigative activities connected to the case were ongoing.

On Tuesday, the FSB announced the arrest of a bank worker in the Perm region of Siberia, on suspicion of making a money transfer “for thepurpose of acquiring drones, thermal sights, other special technical equipment and ammunitionfor the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”The bank employee also faces charges of alleged treason, according to the agency.

In early July Russia’s Investigative Committee launched a criminal case on charges of “financing terrorism” against Evgeny Chernyak, the founder of Ukraine-based alcohol holding, Global Spirits, which produces popular vodka brand Khortytsa.

Chernyak and some associates were accused of transferring more than 500 million rubles ($5.6 million) to representatives of the Ukrainian military “to carry out terrorist activities” on the territory of Russia amid the conflict between Moscow and Kiev.

The businessman was put on a wanted list, while several residential and warehouse premises, as well as offices used by Chernyak in Moscow, were searched, according to the Investigative Committee.

https://www.rt.com/russia/579635-trans-activist-arrest-ukraine/

13 Jul, 2023 07:52

Russia will treat F-16s in Ukraine as nuclear threat – Lavrov

Western plans to provide US-designed fighter jets to Kiev represent an “extremely dangerous development,” Russia's foreign minister believes

Moscow can’t ignore the nuclear capability of US-designed F-16 fighter jets that may be supplied to Ukraine by its Western backers, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.

By continuing to provide more sophisticated arms to Kiev, “the US and its NATO satellites create the risk of a direct armed confrontation with Russia, and this may lead to catastrophic consequences,” Lavrov warned in his interview with Lenta.ru on Wednesday.

The plans to supply F-16s to Kiev is yet another example of an escalatory move by the West and in itself is “an extremely dangerous development,” he stated.

“We have informed the nuclear powers – the US, UK and France – that Russia can’t ignore the ability of these aircraft to carry nuclear weapons,” the foreign minister continued.

“No assurances [by the West] will help here,”he warned. In the midst of fighting, the Russian military isn’t going to investigate whether any specific jet is equipped to deliver nuclear weapons or not, he added.

“The very fact of the appearance of such systems within the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be considered by us as a threat from the West in the nuclear domain,” Lavrov said.

In an interview on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius on Wednesday, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said “there will be the transfer of F-16s [to Ukraine], likely from European countries that have excess F-16 supplies.”

A day earlier, Denmark announced that a “coalition” – which includes the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the UK and Sweden – would begin training Ukrainian airmen to fly the US-designed aircraft in August.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba suggested earlier this week that the first F-16s piloted by Ukrainians could take to the skies“by the end of the first quarter of next year.”

Kiev has been pressing its foreign backers for fourth-generation F-16 warplanes for months, arguing that they are crucial in providing air cover for Ukraine’s troops and defending Ukrainian airspace amid a massive Russian missile campaign targeting military facilities and energy infrastructure. The US and its allies initially ruled out deliveries of the jets, saying the F-16 wasn’t the type of hardware that Ukraine needed, but changed their stance on the issue over time.

In June, Russian President Vladimir Putin saidthere was no doubt that the F-16s “will burn”once they’re delivered to Ukraine, just like what has happened to tanks and other Western-supplied weapons.

https://www.rt.com/russia/579629-lavrov-nuclear-f16-us/

13 Jul, 2023 13:31

Relations with West won’t return to way they were – Russian FM

The actions of unfriendly countries are creating an existential threat for Moscow, Sergey Lavrov says

Moscow’s relationship with the West won’t return to the way it was before 2014, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. The country’s focus now is working towards building a multipolar world together with Asian, Latin American and African nations, he added.

“After the launch of the military operation [in Ukraine], theUS and other NATO and EU states drastically intensified the hybrid war against Russia, which they had started back in 2014,” Lavrov said in an interview with Lenta.ru on Wednesday.

“Aggressive steps by unfriendly countries create an existential threat for Russia,” he continued, referring to unprecedented economic sanctions imposed on Moscow by the West, and extensive military support provided to Kiev by the US and its allies.

The Russian state will “defend our right to free and sovereign development with all available means,” the foreign minister added.

Russia’s top diplomat said it was “obvious that there will be no return to the former relations with unfriendly countries,” considering what Washington and Brussels have been doing since February 2022.

“If they suddenly decide to abandon their anti-Russian course, then we’ll look into what they’re talking about and decide on the further line of action based on our own interests,” he explained.

Lavrov noted that the countries of the so-called Global East and South, which make up 85% of the world’s population, had refused to join the Western sanctions against Russia and instead showed willingness to intensify cooperation with Moscow in various areas.

He said Russian authorities had a clear understanding that the “strengthening of the multipolar world is a reality, but not somebody’s whim.” That’s why the country is working closely with BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and other international organizations to unite non-Western nations.

“The updated Foreign Policy Concept [which was published this March] states that the civilizational mission of Russia as a world power is playing a balancing role in international affairs,” Lavrov stated.

This means that – together with its “friends” in Asia, Latin America and Africa – Moscow is going to “contribute to the formation of a more just world order based on the goals and principles of the UN Charter… and, above all, on the principle of the sovereign equality of states,” he said.

https://www.rt.com/russia/579646-lavrov-us-eu-multipolar/

Inside Ray Epps Lawsuit Against Fox News, Plaintiff Contends DOJ Notified Him in May They Would “Seek to Charge Him Criminally”

July 12, 2023 | Sundance |

Something is suspicious about this in the presentation, the timing and even the wording.

Ray Epps was a guy who attended the events in/around Washington DC on January 5th and January 6th, 2021. There is a lot of video footage of Ray Epps instructing people to go to the Capitol building. Despite a rather voluminous amount of evidence, Ray Epps was never charged with any conduct related to the events of January 6th.

According to a lawsuit Epps filed against Tucker Carlson and Fox News claiming the outlet targeted and defamed him, Ray Epps states, “in May 2023, the Department of Justice notified Epps that it would seek to charge him criminally for events on January 6, 2021—two-and-a-half years later.” [lawsuit citation – pg 41]

[Source Citation]

First, since when does the DOJ inform a suspect in advance they are seeking to charge him? Second, timing. It is now mid-July; where’s the indictment? Third, the wording is suspicious – theDOJ would “seek to charge him criminally.” Meaning, the Dept of Justice told Epps they were going to make efforts to arrest him?

Considering the lawsuit itself if dependent on a very specific narrative; and considering the lawsuit itself if dependent on a sympathy construct within that narrative; and considering the media narrative has been about wrongly targeted Epps by right-wing disinformation white nationalists, something is not passing the sniff test.

Suspicious Cat remains, well, suspicious.

Nolte: Kaitlan Collins CNN Debut Bombs Hard

Kaitlan Collins’ much-ballyhooed debut at 9 p.m. on CNN primetime—a failed and whiter-than-white supremacy line-up of liars and losers—wasn’t even the top CNN show of the night.

Despite what fake news is telling you, she came in fourth.

Collins placed fourth on … CNNLOL.

Poor Kaitlan Collins. She sold her soul to disgraced former CNN chief Jeff Zucker to become a media star, and now she’s not even the tallest midget at the CNN circus.

Keeping in mind that a debut show will likely be that program’s high-water mark in the ratings, get a load of this… Only 540,000 tuned in to see the humorless Nurse Ratched make her Big Fake News Debut. Compare that to her CNN primetime colleagues: Wolf Blitzer attracted 639,000 viewers, Erin Burnett grabbed 576,000, and Anderson Cooper landed 600,000.

In other words, in her debut episode, Ratched lost 40,000 viewers from her lead-in, Anderson Cooper.

Elsewhere, at this same 9 p.m. hour, the Fox news Channel’s Sean Hannity attracted nearly four times Ratched’s viewers (1.951 million). MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow snagged nearly five times the viewers with 2.4 million.

The lowest-rated show in all of MSNBC primetime nearly doubled Ratched—1.025 million compared to 540,000. Same with Fox’s lowest-rated: 1.161 million to that 540,000.

https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2023/07/12/nolte-kaitlan-collins-cnn-debut-bombs-hard/

Report: Republican Megadonor Ken Griffin Reconsidering Support for Ron DeSantis

Jordan Dixon-Hamilton12 Jul 2023

Citadel CEO and Republican megadonor Ken Griffin is reconsidering supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and is assessing the Republican presidential primary field for candidates as DeSantis has failed to make headway in the polls against former President Donald Trump.

Griffin donated $5 million to DeSantis’s gubernatorial reelection campaign and previously praised DeSantis before he officially launched his presidential campaign.

In November, Griffin told Politico he was ready to endorse DeSantis for president, saying DeSantis “has a tremendous record as governor of Florida, and our country would be well-served by him as president.”

Now, he is part of a growing group of donors who are worried about the trajectory of DeSantis’s presidential campaign, according to

Griffin spokesperson Zia Ahmed told the outlet the GOP megadonor “continues to assess the field,” which includes candidates like former Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Tim Scott, Chris Christie, and Vivek Ramaswamy.

Still, Ahmed maintained that “nothing’s changed” about Griffin’s stance toward the election.

DeSantis campaign spokesperson Andrew Romero downplayed reports about Griffin’s hesitance to throw his multimillion-dollar warchest behind the Florida governor.

Romero told CNBC:

You could wallpaper the governor’s residence with the amount of premature political obituaries written about Ron DeSantis. Challenging the establishment is never easy – and this campaign to save our nation is going to be a long, hard-fought battle to defeat Joe Biden. We are building an organization that will go the distance. Ron DeSantis is putting in the work to win, and as voters across the country continue to learn about his forward-looking plans to reverse Biden’s failures, he will earn the nomination.

The CNBC report came more than two months after the New York Times revealed Griffin was hesitant to back DeSantis after the two met in the weeks leading up to DeSantis’s official announcement.

As the Times detailed:

The financier and Mr. DeSantis met in Florida in the last two weeks, according to two people with knowledge of the meeting, which came as Mr. Griffin has taken issue in private conversations with some of Mr. DeSantis’s policy moves and pronouncements. In particular, the two people said, Mr. Griffin was deeply troubled by Mr. DeSantis’s statements that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a “territorial dispute” — a remark he later tried to clarify — and that the war was not a vital U.S. interest.

Mr. Griffin, who has made clear that he wants to move on from former President Donald J. Trump, was also disconcerted by a six-week abortion ban in Florida that Mr. DeSantis recently signed, according to the people familiar with Mr. Griffin’s thinking, who insisted on anonymity to discuss private conversations. Last year, Mr. Griffin moved his hedge fund, Citadel, to Miami from Chicago, citing crime concerns.

DeSantis’s trouble with the donor class is just the latest sign of an underwhelming start to his presidential campaign. The Florida governor has not made significant headway in the polls against former President Donald Trump, the “runaway frontrunner,” as one of DeSantis’s top allies described.

For example, a June Harvard poll found that Trump led DeSantis by a margin of 67 to 33 percent, a slight decrease for DeSantis from Harvard’s May poll taken before the Florida governor entered the race. Additionally, Trump holds double-digit leads over DeSantis in various states, including, but not limited to, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, New York, and Iowa.

On Tuesday, reports broke that Rupert Murdoch is losing confidence in DeSantis’s ability to defeat Trump.

“One Fox News insider told Rolling Stone that Rupert and his son Lachlan Murdoch ‘are transactional and can smell a loser a mile away,’” Breitbart News reported…

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/07/12/report-republican-megadonor-ken-griffin-reconsidering-support-for-ron-desantis/

13 Jul, 2023 07:45

‘Precarious’ situation at Europe’s largest nuclear plant – IAEA

Monitors from the UN atomic watchdog, stationed at the Zaporozhye facility, have heard multiple explosions

The situation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant remains “very precarious,” with inspectors reporting a series of explosions in the past few days, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said. The facility is the largest of its kind in Europe, and is located close to the frontline of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

In its latest update on Ukraine issued on Wednesday, the IAEA detailed the activities of its personnel at the Russia-controlled facility.The blasts heard by the monitors occurred “some distance away” at different times. The site itself was not impacted.

However, IAEA staff say they have not seen any mines or explosives at the Zaporozhye plant, contrary to Ukrainian claims that the facility has been “mined”. They are yet to gain access to the roofs of two reactor buildings, where Kiev previously claimed explosives had been placed by the Russian military.

Moscow has denied the allegations and accused Kiev of laying the groundwork for a false-flag operation targeting the location, which both Russia and Ukraine view as their own.

The IAEA is also monitoring the availability of water following last month’s destruction of the Kakhovka dam, a major disaster that Russia and Ukraine blamed on each other. Water reserves are sufficient “for some months,” the agency concluded.

The Zaporozhye power plant’s Russian personnel are currently preparing to switch the only semi-operational reactor from hot shutdown to cold shutdown, a necessary step for maintenance, the IAEA said. The other reactor is to be brought into hot shutdown instead, the statement added. Keeping a reactor in that state allows the generation of steam, which is then used to process liquid radioactive waste collected in storage tanks.

Ukraine’s nuclear regulator had ordered a cold shutdown of all reactors, the IAEA noted. The site would need an external source of steam for safe operation, if all reactors were fully switched off, which the UN watchdog believes to be a safer option, given the circumstances.

https://www.rt.com/russia/579632-zaporozhye-nuclear-plant-iaea/