The Mayor of Kurchatov in the Russian Kursk region reported on August 9 that military actions are taking place "a few dozen kilometers from the city border," where the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is located.
"Fighting is ongoing a few dozen kilometers from the borders of our town. The situation is tense. The state of emergency is in place," he wrote.
The Kursk NPP is also called the "second Chernobyl," since it is equipped with the same reactors as the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (RBMK-1000).
In the fall of 2022, Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate reported that the Kursk NPP was used to store and service missiles, including missiles for the S-300 complexes. Although Russia reported that the NPP was operating normally, such use of the industrial site of a nuclear facility is a flagrant violation of all international nuclear safety rules.
On the morning of August 6, the governor of Russia's Kursk region reported an attempt by Ukrainian Forces to break through the Kursk border. On August 7, Russian media reported that “enemy forces” had advanced toward the city of Sudzha in the Kursk region.
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