Ukraine drone attack causes fire, capacity reduction at Russia’s Kursk nuclear power plant

(Reuters) -In a Crain -rated drone attack caused a short -lived fire in the Kursk nuclear power plant, damaging an ancillary transformer and led to a decrease in working capacity in one of the units of the facility.

Telegram said in a statement in the messaging application, “a war unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) belonging to Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAV) was shot by the air defense systems near Kursk nuclear power plant.” He said.

“Upon the effect, the drone exploded and damaged a auxiliary transformer.”

The press service added that there is no injury, but that the third unit of the facility was reduced to 50% as a result of the determination. Press service, the destroyed drone also leads to a extinguished fire, he said.

The press service added that the radiation levels in the field and surrounding do not exceed normal limits.

There was no immediate comment from Ukraine. Kiev said that his strikes in Russia responded to Russia’s attacks on Ukraine and aimed to destroy the infrastructure, which is very important for Moscow’s general military efforts.

The Reuters could not confirm the report independently. It was not immediately clear which part of the fire occurred.

Previously, Russia’s federal free television network Ren TV referred to the press service of the facility and reported that the transformer is not part of the nuclear part of the facility.

(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Diane Craft and Christopher Cushing)