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Zaporizhzhia Just Proved Why Nuclear Resilience Is a Civilizational Imperative
6/18/2026
The 19th time should be the one that breaks you. According to Reuters, Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant lost all off-site power for nearly three days after an attack on an electrical substation severed its Ferosplavna back-up line — forcing the facility to run on emerge…
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