It is noted that air defense systems were operating in the city. Residents reported online that they heard at least three explosions that night, although others claimed there were five.
Earlier, the governor of the Kursk region, Roman Starovoit, said that a fire in a non-residential building, which, according to him, was caused by a drone “arrival,” had started. The official, as usual, accused the Ukrainian side of a “UAV attack.”
The Russian Federation claims that the distance from the town of Kurchatov to the Kursk NPP is about 4 kilometers.