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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