“The unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces was shot down by air defense systems near the Kurska Atomic Power Plant (…) At the time of the hit, the drone exploded, damaging the auxiliary transformer,” the press office said in a message through the Telegram messenger.
The press office added that no one was injured, but as a result of this event the efficiency of the third block of the power plant dropped to 50 percent. The destroyed drone also caused a fire that has already been extinguished. The radiation level in the power plant and in the area did not exceed the standards – the power plant press office assured. Ukraine did not refer to this information.
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Kiev emphasizes, however, that attacks on Russia are a response to Russia's constant attacks on Ukraine and are intended to destroy infrastructure considered key to Moscow's general military activities.
The Reuters agency notes that it is not clear in which part of the power plant a fire broke out. Earlier, the Russian Ren TV station informed, citing the press office of the power plant, that the transformer station is located outside the nuclear part of the object.
Kurska Atomic Power Plant is one of the largest in Russia. It is located in about 40,000 residents of the city of Kurczatow in the Kursk region in the West of Russia.
