Russian military correspondent Yuri Kotenok reported a strong fire near the Kursk nuclear power plant.

“A strong fire in Kurchatov, about 4.8 kilometers from the Kursk NPP.

Preliminarily, the air defense worked on an aerial target before it. A number of sources report the interception of a French-made aerial bomb. According to other sources, up to four missiles were intercepted,” Kotenok wrote in his Telegram channel.