Ukrainian drone attacks Russian town near major nuclear plant

MOSCOW, Sept 1 (Reuters) – A Ukrainian drone attacked a city in western Russia which is dwelling to one of many nation’s greatest nuclear energy stations, although there was no injury reported to the plant, Russian officers stated.

Governor Roman Starovoit stated a Ukrainian drone had broken the facade of a constructing within the city of Kurchatov, only a few kilometres from the Kursk nuclear energy station, early on Friday. He had earlier stated there have been two drones however clarified his remarks.

“There aren’t any casualties,” Starovoit stated. Starovoit didn’t point out any potential injury to the Kursk nuclear energy plant.

The Soviet-era Kursk nuclear energy station has the identical graphite-moderated reactors because the Chernobyl nuclear plant.

An explosion and hearth on the Chernobyl plant in 1986, in then Soviet Ukraine, was the world’s worst nuclear accident, spreading radiation throughout Europe.

At the moment three RBMK-1000 reactors in Kursk are operational with one shut down, in keeping with Russia’s state nuclear company.

Russia and Ukraine have previously accused one another of plotting to assault the Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy station in Ukraine. Russian troops seized the station, Europe’s largest nuclear facility with six reactors, within the days after the Kremlin ordered the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

One other drone was shot down approaching Moscow on Friday morning, stated Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. That briefly disrupted flights to Moscow’s Vnukovo airport.

Within the western Russian area of Belgorod one other drone was shot down, in keeping with Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.

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