Ukrainian drone attacks in Russia, fire at the Koersk nuclear power plant
According to Russia,
Ukraine has sent dozens of drones to various Russian cities. One of the drones caused a short time in the Koersk nuclear power plant, on the border with Ukraine, reports the Russian state news agency Tass.
According to Tass, the drone was shot from the air near the nuclear power plant by the anti -aircraft guns. Damage would have arisen for a transformer when crashing. According to the nuclear power plant, nobody was injured. The fire that arose has since been extinguished and the radiation levels are normal. However, one of the reactors is currently running at half strength.
In recent years, the International Atomic Energy Agency has repeatedly warned about damage to nuclear power stations during the war in Ukraine. Director Grossi said when a visit to the Koersk nuclear power plant a year ago that attacks could have dangerous consequences.
Attacks deep in Russia
In addition to Border Region Koersk, areas were also attacked deeper in Russia, such as Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizjni Novgorod, Oeljanovsk and Samara. The last city is about 170 kilometers from the border with Kazakhstan and 800 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.
Also a large fuel storage in Oest-Loega, close to the border with Estonia, was hit by drones. There a fire broke out, but not in the fuel tanks, the governor of the Leningrad region emphasizes. The Novatek complex is an important location for fuel export towards the Baltic Sea.
According to Russia, a total of 95 drones have been brought down above the country. It is unclear how much has been fired in total by the Ukrainian army. There are no messages about victims. Due to the attacks, various flights in St. Petersburg have been considerably delayed, the authorities say there.
Yesterday, Russia in turn attacked locations in Ukraine. In attacks in the Dnipropetrovsk region, someone was killed and nine other people were injured. Seven homes and a bus were attacked, the local authorities report.
In the Chersonal region, a drone threw an explosive off, causing a boy of 15 brain injury, says the head of military governance on telegram.
Support package for Ukraine
To ensure that there are fewer drones and missiles through the Ukrainian anti -aircraft weather, the Norwegian government is allocating around 590 million euros. Together with Germany, Norway finances two patriot systems and rockets, says Premier Store in a statement.
The Norwegians also contribute to the purchase of an air defense radar from the German manufacturer Hensoldt and air defense systems from Kongsberg. At the beginning of this month, Norway announced together with Sweden and Denmark to put hundreds of millions of euros in air defense for Ukraine.
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No permission for ATACMS
With regard to attack weapons, Ukraine has access to its many drones, but also about so -called ATACMS, American long -range missiles. The Wall Streety Journalie the Vansalvalvalion of the Vansdalie However, those weapons have been blocking for months.
The US began to deliver ATACMS to Ukraine in 2023, but for its efforts, the green light had to be asked for Washington every time. That changed last year when President Biden De Ukrainians gave permission to use the weapons on Russian territory, after North Korean troops were deployed to stop the Ukrainian offensive in Koersk. But now that Trump is in power, the Ukrainian army – as before – must ask permission to use the rockets.
Since the end of the spring of this year, it has certainly been one request to use ATACMS on Russian territory rejected by the Pentagon, the newspaper writes. An alternative to Ukraine could be a homemade cruise missile. The production of the flamingo should get going steadily at the end of this year or early next year, Zelensky said recently.