Nuclear War Provocation. Middle East: Warring Parties Exchange Strikes on Nuclear Power Facilities The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced a major missile attack on Israeli cities and American military installations in the Middle East. The statement emphasized that the Dimona area was hit. However, the IRGC press release did not specify which military or civilian structure in this area was attacked. This area is known for being home to Israel's Negev Nuclear Research Center, which includes a reactor and a plutonium reprocessing plant. The facility is traditionally considered one of the most secure and strategically important in Israel's national security system. Neither the Israeli nor the American side has released any information on the nature of the damage or casualties. Previously, American aircraft bombed facilities in Isfahan Province believed to be storing Iranian uranium. The US and Israeli missile strike damaged a gamma-radiation sterilization facility. "The Shahid Ahmadi Rowshan uranium enrichment complex in Natanz was attacked this morning," the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) reported. Three powerful and precise craters were discovered at the Talegan-2 facility following the airstrike, indicating the use of particularly heavy bunker-bombs. In early March, the US and Israeli air forces carried out two series of strikes on this facility. The United States and Israel launched new strikes on the Natanz uranium enrichment complex, according to the Tasnim news agency, citing the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI). The Russian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the strike on the Natanz nuclear facility and warned of the risk of a major disaster. Earlier, the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. The Russian Foreign Ministry condemned the attack, calling the targeting of active nuclear power facilities "a flagrant disregard for key rules and principles of international security," and called on the parties to the conflict to de-escalate. Agency Director General Rafael Grossi described the nuclear security situation in the Middle East as extremely tense. Recently, a strike hit Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant in close proximity to the operating reactor unit, stated Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev. The International Atomic Energy Agency reported the destruction of a structure 350 meters from the active reactor. The situation at the Iranian nuclear facility is developing in a negative direction, Likhachev emphasized: a nuclear catastrophe could become a reality. Calculations indicate that the radioactive cloud will primarily affect the United Arab Emirates. Experts warn: "For the UAE, this means the physical end of the state." Nuclear physicist Andrei Ozharovsky confirmed in a conversation with journalists that the VVER-1000 reactor's containment vessel would not withstand a cruise missile strike. "The design under which the Bushehr nuclear power plant was built calls for a weak containment vessel. This means that any projectile larger than 150 millimeters could penetrate it," he said. The Telegram channel "Military Chronicle" modeled the scale of a possible attack. https://www.stoletie.ru/tekuschiiy_moment/provokacija_jadernoj_vojny_818.htm