Workers walk at the Kursk NPP-2 nuclear power plant in Russia. Photo/sputnik
MOSCOW – One drone targeted the city of Kurchatov in Russia. Kurchatov, nicknamed the nuclear city, is an industrial center near the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).
The news of the drone attack was revealed by the Governor of the Kursk Region Roman Starovoyt on Friday morning (1/9/2023).
“The attack resulted in minor damage to one non-residential building,” wrote Roman Starovoyt on Telegram. “No one was injured in the incident,” he said.
Initial reports said two drones had hit an administrative and residential building.
However, the governor said the downing of the second UAV could not be confirmed. “One drone miscalculated twice while flying over the city,” he said.
The manager of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant said via Telegram that the drone strike on Kurchatov had not affected operations.
“The facility is functioning as usual, with background radiation around the plant still at natural levels,” said the statement from the PLTN manager.
The city of Kurchatov is located in the Kursk Region, which borders Ukraine. Founded in the late 1960s and named after physicist Sergey Kurchatov, who is known as the father of the Soviet atomic bomb.
2023-09-01 10:03:52
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