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The odds of this are so low it is not even worth considering.
If they tried it, they would instantly become an international pariah, and I expect both Russia and NATO would assist in their destruction.
Destroy who? Mow down millions of Ukrainian refugees? It is not something "tried." Once the cooling system and power to a nuclear power plant is damages it WILL meltdown. No power on earth can stop it. Blowing storage tanks is something any Iraqi civilian could do with an ordinary iron bomb. So could the Ukraine military.
Destroy who? What good would that do? I have no doubt that Russia and NATO would go ape-**** crazy. But, the reality is they would understand there is nothing they could do to prevent it. And it within the rules of war.
A country can use nuclear weapons if its survival is at stake. It is just a different form of nuclear weapons.
Might be hard to get Russian and NATO troops to march into irradiated land. If so, then it is a suicide mission and they basically kill themselves. Don't need any soldiers to kill an army being marched to its death.
It would hit Europe nearly as hard as Russia. Depending on wind, the least hit actually could be central Ukraine for where the reactors are located.