Ukraine Tried To Attack Kursk Nuclear Plant To Stage Provocation: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused Ukraine of attempting to attack the Kursk nuclear power station, which is one of the three biggest nuclear power plants in Russia, and which has recently come under threat by the nearby incursion of Ukraine’s armed forced into Kursk territory.

“The enemy tried to strike the nuclear power plant at night, the International Atomic Energy Agency has been informed,” Putin said in a televised meeting of ministers, though without presenting any specific evidence. He said it happened in an overnight attack and that Moscow has briefed the UN nuclear safety watchdog on the situation.

According to Reuters, “Alexei Smirnov, acting governor of the Kursk region, told Putin at the same meeting that the situation at the Kursk nuclear power station was stable.”