Ukrainian forces attempted to attack a Russian nuclear plant in the border region of Kursk with at least five kamikaze drones and one S-200 missile, according to local media reports.
The drones and missile which targeted the Kurchatov Nuclear Power Plant were shot down by Russian air defense systems, but the falling debris damaged a substation which provides power to at least seven streets in the Kursk region, Russian Telegram channel Mash reported on Wednesday.
The nuclear power plant is located about 40 kilometers west of the city of Kursk and is approximately 110 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.
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It marks at least the fourth time that the nuclear power plant has been targeted throughout Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to independent Russian publication the Moscow Times.
The plant’s Telegram channel said the facility is operating as normal, and that radiation levels are normal.
The latest development comes after the Freedom of Russia Legion, the Siberian Battalion and the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK)—three Ukraine-aligned volunteer military units—launched a cross-border raid into Russia’s southern Belgorod and Kursk regions on March 12. The groups say their operation is ongoing.
Andriy Yusov, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence, said during a Ukrainian television appearance last week that the “Kursk and Belgorod regions are now an area of active combat actions.”
This is a breaking news story and it will be updated when further information becomes available.
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