Russia is establishing an anti-terrorist operation system at the borders of… “Ukraine threatens nuclear power”

Satellite image of Sudja border. Yonhap News
Russia has announced an anti-terrorist operation in the southwestern border region, where fighting has been going on with Ukraine for five days.

On the 10th (local time), the Interfax news agency reported that Russia’s Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) announced in a statement that it had introduced an anti-terrorist operation system in areas borders such as Kursk, Belgorod, and Bryansk Oblast from Europe. a day before.

NAC said, “The Ukrainian regime has made unprecedented efforts to destabilize the situation in several regions of our country,” and explained that the Chairman of NAC and the Director of the Federal Security Service (FSB ) Aleksandr Bortnikov this decision to prevent acts of terrorism by Ukrainian forces e

Accordingly, measures such as inspections, movement restrictions, and communication restrictions will be implemented in Kursk, Belgorod, and Bryansk for individuals and vehicles traveling in these areas. Therefore, checkpoints will be installed throughout the region and security at key facilities will be strengthened. Your car may be towed.

NAC said the Ukrainian military’s terrorist attack on Kursk resulted in civilian casualties and the destruction of civilian buildings and facilities.

In this regard, Kursk Acting Governor Alexei Smirnov said on Telegram, “As the threat of sabotage and terrorism in Ukraine increases, an anti-terrorist operational system has been implemented in Kursk.”

The day before, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations declared a federal state of emergency in Kursk.

Since the 6th, Russia has been campaigning to dislodge Ukrainian troops as they crossed the border and invaded the Kursk region.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement today, “We continue to repel the attempts of the Ukrainian military to invade the territory of the Russian Federation,” and they said that the Ukrainian army lost 175 soldiers the previous day alone, with a total of 1,120 soldiers lost.

Sudja, the embattled city of Kursk, has facilities related to a gas pipeline that will bring Russian natural gas to Europe through Ukraine, and a large nuclear power plant Kurchatov.

In this regard, there are reports that some Ukrainian soldiers control the gas facilities in Sudja and are advancing on the Kursk nuclear power plant, but the Russian government has not confirmed these details yet. officially

There are also indications of a missile attack at the Kurst nuclear power plant.

TASS news agency reported that fragments and debris believed to be part of an interceptor missile were found at the Kursk nuclear power plant on the 8th, and Russia reported the situation to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). However, he said that there was no direct shelter of Kurchatov or the facilities of the nuclear power plant.

According to Reuters, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi urged Ukraine and Russia to “show restraint in the Battle of Kursk.”

Alexei Likhachev, the president of Rosatom, a Russian nuclear power plant company, spoke by phone with General Secretary Grossi and expressed concern that the Ukrainian attack “is a direct threat not only to the Nuclear Power Plant Kursk but also to the entire international nuclear arena. power industry.”

Rosatom said in a statement, “Attacks and provocations by the Ukrainian military pose a real threat,” but stressed that the nuclear power plant is currently operating normally.

As the possibility of a nuclear power plant accident increased, the Ministry of Health of Russia also began to respond.

RIA Novosti news agency reported that the Biomedical Research Group of the Ministry of Health (FMBA) announced that they had made more than 60 gamma-ray measurements in Kursk today.

FMBA strengthened its measurement activities to monitor radioactive, chemical and biological disasters, and the media reported that not only gamma-ray tests, but also 100 air surveys and 30 water quality tests showed standard values.

Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that Mi-28NM attack helicopters and Su-34 fighter-bombers attacked Ukrainian troops and weapons in Kursk, and that their air defense system shot down 32 drones All Ukrainian over Kursk and Yaroslavl.

While the Ukrainian military is understood to have used American-made Stryker armored vehicles and German-made combat vehicles in this attack, Deputy Chairman of the Russian National Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said on social media He warned also that it would work.

This engagement is being investigated as the largest attack by the Ukrainian military on the Russian mainland since the start of the Russian ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine in February 2022.

Russia’s ‘ally’ Belarus has also begun to strengthen border security. Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said that Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko had ordered to strengthen military forces in the border region, Belarusian news agency Belta reported.