Ukrainian drone targets Russian ‘atomic city’
The attack resulted in minor damage to a non-residential building, Roman Starovoyt says | An unmanned aircraft has targeted the Russian city of Kurchatov, an industrial hub near the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, the governor of Kursk Region said on Friday morning. The attack resulted in minor damage to a non-residential building, Roman Starovoyt wrote on Telegram. No one was hurt in the incident, he added. ● Initial reports claimed that there were two drones which hit an administrative and residential building. However, the governor said the crash of the second UAV has not been confirmed. A single UAV was mistakenly counted twice as it was flying above the city, he explained. ● The city of Kurchatov is located in Kursk Region, which shares a border with Ukraine. It was founded in the late 1960s and named after physicist Sergey Kurchatov, known as the father of the Soviet atomic bomb. The Kursk Nuclear Power Plant is located around 4 kilometers (2.4 miles) from Kurchatov.