Ukrainian drones arouse fire from the Russian nuclear power plant in the Kursk region

Russian officials said Ukrainian drones have sparked one night fire in a nuclear power plant in the Russian Kursk region.

The strikes coincided with the 34th day of the independence of Ukraine, marking its 1991 break with the Soviet Union.

Russia has said that strikes have reached several electrical installations. The fire of the plant quickly died. A transformer was damaged, but the radiation levels remained normal and no injury has been reported.

The United Nations nuclear custody said that he was aware of the media reports of a transformer fire “due to military activity”, but had not confirmed them independently.

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Managing Director Rafael Mariano Grossi said that “each nuclear installation must be protected at any time”.

A fire also broke out at the port of UST-Luga in the Russian region of Leningrad, which houses a large fuel export terminal.

The regional governor said that around 10 Ukrainian drones had been slaughtered in the region and that the debris triggered the fire.

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The Russian Defense Ministry said the air defense intercept 95 Ukrainian drones on Russian territory on Sunday.

Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 72 drones and lures and a cruise missile during the night; 48 drones were slaughtered or blocked.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke in a video of the kyiv independence.

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The president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds a press conference in kyiv, Ukraine, on May 13, 2025. (Ukrinform / Nurphoto via Getty Images)

“We build a Ukraine who will have enough strength and power to live in security and peace,” he said, calling for a “just peace”.

“What our future will be alone,” he said, while recognizing the American-Russian summit in Alaska earlier this month, which many worry, the confrontation of Ukrainian interests.

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“And the world knows it. And the world respects this. It respects Ukraine. It perceives Ukraine as an equal,” he said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.