Putin Says Ukraine Tried to Strike Kursk Nuclear Power Plant

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the situation in Ukraine-bordering regions with local governors via a video call on Thursday. Speaking during the call, Putin said that Ukraine has attempted to strike the Kursk nuclear power plant, adding that Moscow has informed the IAEA about the attacks and expects the nuclear watchdog to send its experts to the plant to assess the situation.

The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said it’s enormously concerned by fighting near a Russian nuclear power plant because the old Soviet reactors in operation are particularly exposed.
The Kursk Nuclear Power Plant has been thrust onto the front line of the war between Russia and Ukraine after an incursion by Kyiv’s forces placed them within artillery range, according to International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi.

Making matters worse, the two units in operation use the same so-called RBMK technology that melted down during the notorious 1986 accident in Chernobyl. Unlike modern nuclear reactors, the two units operating near the fighting don’t have extra layers of protection to contain radiation in the event of an accident.

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[timpeacock]

This war just needs to end. Ukranians and Russians alike are dying like crazy. Tired of all the political shit.

[enriquericardofloresmariaz]

Attack a nuclear plant sounds really irresponsible and inhumane.

[lecter]

Les commentaires américains me font rire.
Les 3/4 ne connaissent rien de l'Ukraine géographiquement ou historiquement 😂😂

[utevandenbore]

Ja ich hoffe auch das der Krieg ein ende nimmt

[jasonshort]

This war is an ever swirling toilet that just won't flush.

[King-Zeal]

He has a face of "I didn't want to do this, but everyone is getting nuked." For real. He is so done.

[fiolds]

The Americans commenting. Didnt know where Ukraine was on a map 3 years ago

[RealBrianShoreline]

Don't start a war and get upset when the opposition fights back hard using the same brutal tactics.

[soemyint]

Give back leave and end the war you started for what? Lost human

[Haggerty]

Ukraine conducted a specoal military operation in Kursk.

[BobBom-huvb]

Horrific act!! We need to help stop this war immediately!

[walleyperch]

But it's OK to attack the nuclear plant in Ukraine?

[philliph]

Lies. Fake claim.
Just a maneuver.
His body language tells all.

[Ubiets]

ukraine trying to escalate the war, shocking.

[layeninurudeen]

Someone should advice putin, he is not ready to stop the war

[purshindarahluwalia]

Now he's worried. He thought he was invincible.

[boudica]

If anything happens to that nuclear facility, it is SO predictable that Russia would be blamed.

[johnmorrisdronenw]

What about the Ukraine nuclear power plant?

[peterlovage]

DONT FORGET WHO STARTED THIS..🙄 SPECIAL OPPERATION..😤

[psgames]

This is horrifying. The radiation would hit Ukraine's allies too.