Russia thwarted Ukrainian drone attacks near nuclear plant at Kurchatov, says Russian Defence Ministry

The Russian Defence Ministry has said that it had thwarted Ukrainian drone attacks near a nuclear plant at Kurchatov in the southern region of Kursk late yesterday. It said, there were no casualties or damage, radiation levels were normal and the plant was operating as usual.

The Russian news outlets reported that two of the



drones failed to detonate but the third exploded near the waste storage building.

The incident came a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, a Russian drone attack in Ukraine's western Khmelnitskyi region had probably targeted the area's nuclear power station.