Why doesn't Ukraine attack the Russian convoy? And other questions BBCYourQuestionsAnswered
Residents of the capital Kyiv and several other cities are under bombardment from Russian missiles.Readers of the BBC News website have been sending in questions about the situation. Some of them are answered here by:Prof Claire CorkhillHow is military aid getting into Ukraine? Why doesn't the Ukrainian air force attack the long Russian convoy? - David Finch
There are several possible explanations, Ukraine may be running out of armed drones and its small, outnumbered air force may be wary of being shot down by Russian air defence batteries. Their families, we are told, thought they were just being sent to the Donbas region on a small operation, or even an exercise, but certainly not a full-scale invasion.
The reactors themselves are well-shielded and resistant to fire or impact. More generally speaking, we should be concerned that nuclear facilities are military targets, because there are real risks of a nuclear accident. The reactors in Ukraine do not contain graphite, so are unlikely to catch fire or spread radioactivity widely.What would really happen if a fire broke out or a bomb did get dropped directly at the plant or in the cooling units? - Maria
Now we are covering a full-scale war. Events are moving so quickly, and we find ourselves in and out of a bomb shelter like thousands of others.
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