Ukrainian drone attacks on several Russian energy facilities have reduced the capacity of the Kursk nuclear power plant and set off a fire at a fuel export terminal in the port of Ust-Luga, Reuters reported, citing Russian authorities, BTA reports.
The attack on the Kursk nuclear power plant, near the border with Ukraine, damaged transformers and reduced the operational capabilities of the plant's third unit by 50%, its press service reported. No one was injured, and the fire was quickly extinguished. Radiation levels in the area do not exceed the norms.
About 10 drones were shot down over the port of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad region, and their debris caused a fire at the terminal of “Novatek“, a large fuel export and processing complex on the Baltic Sea, Governor Alexander Drozdenko said. He said no one was injured and fuel tanks were not affected.
Overnight, Russian forces shot down a total of 95 Ukrainian drones over 13 regions, including Leningrad and Samara, as well as over the Crimean peninsula, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Two people were injured in a drone attack in the Bryansk region. “The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation deliberately attacked a civilian car in the village of Churovichi. "As a result of the terrorist acts, two civilians were injured," Governor Alexander Bogomaz said on Telegram.
The Russian civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia said flights had been temporarily suspended at several airports, including Pulkovo in the Leningrad Region.
Ukrainian drones also attacked an industrial plant in the southern Russian city of Syzran, Samara Region Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said. Earlier this month, the Ukrainian military struck a Rosneft oil refinery in Syzran, temporarily halting production and receipt of crude oil.
The attacks have not been independently confirmed, and Ukraine has not yet commented. Kiev says the strikes on Russian territory are a response to ongoing Russian attacks and are aimed at destroying infrastructure considered key to Moscow's military operations.