Several tens of kilometers from the city limits of kurchatov, which is a satellite city of the kursk nuclear power plant, fighting continues. This was stated by the mayor of the city, igor korpunkov, reports UNN.
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According to him, fighting is taking place a few dozen kilometers from the city's borders. The mayor said that the situation is tense and a state of emergency is in effect.
However, korpunkov did not say anything about evacuating the townspeople or NPP employees. On the contrary, he claims that services and enterprises are operating normally.
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Reuters reported that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is aware of the events around the russian kursk NPP and is monitoring the situation.
It was reported that the russian guard has strengthened security at the kursk nuclear power plant due to claims that Ukrainian troops have broken through the border. Additional forces were allocated to combat sabotage groups in the kursk and belgorod regions.