Loose Nukes

Satellite Image of the Voronezh facility

Let me start with this warning from European agencies and why this is sort of confirmation that the sum of all fears is loose nukes:

Western intelligence agencies are warning that Putin has been mortally wounded by Prigozhin’s aborted coup and that NATO must prepare for the collapse of Russia. It’s difficult to predict the likely timing, but civil war seems inevitable rather than possible. We could see a humanitarian catastrophe unfold. Worse still, different factions vying for control of Russia’s nuclear stockpiles might force us to deploy ground forces to stabilise the region and prevent the wrong people gaining access to WMD. However likely or unlikely this scenario is, Britain needs to be prepared for the unexpected and we are not. We have had 12 months to ramp-up our capabilities. But whereas our European partners have increased defence spending, we contemplating further cuts.

Over the weekend, we have seen OSINT point to this possibility. And at this point, it would be the second one. The first nebulous rumor came after the RDK went into Belgorod. There, the Russian garrison was able to protect their charges, and that disappeared. Ok, it stopped with that.

So here for the second of these and where they may or may not tell us. For the record, this is not making me lose sleep. The Zaporizhia Nuclear Station is but needs to address this. Why? It’s circulating. First…