Fire sparked at Russian nuclear plant and flights suspended during overnight Ukrainian drone attacks, officials say
A fire was sparked and capacity was reduced by 50% at the Kursk nuclear power plant overnight after a Ukrainian drone was shot down over the site, Russian officials said.
There were no injuries and a fire sparked by the attack was promptly extinguished, the plant’s press service said. Radiation levels at the site and in the surrounding area have not exceeded normal limits, it added.
The UN’s nuclear watchdog has repeatedly called on both Russia and Ukraine to show maximum restraint around nuclear facilities in the war.
Ukraine has not commented on the accusation regarding the plant in Kursk, a region where Kyiv’s troops briefly invaded in a surprise military counteroffensive last year.
Elsewhere, the regional governor in Russia’s northern Leningrad region said around 10 Ukrainian drones were downed over the port of Ust-Luga, with debris
sparking a fire at a fuel export terminal and processing complex.
Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, governor of the Samara region, said Ukrainian drones also attacked an industrial enterprise in the southern city of Syzran, adding there were no casualties.
Rosaviatsia, Russia’s civil aviation authority, said flights
were halted for hours on end at several airports
overnight, including at the Pulkovo airport in the Leningrad
region, due to the threat of drone attacks.
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