Moscow said on Sunday that fighting was ongoing in Kursk settlements around 20 miles over the border into Russian territory.
Russia is building new defenses around a nuclear power plant in its border Kursk region as Ukraine advances deeper into Russian territory following its cross-border incursion, according to new reports.New photos appear to show Moscow constructing new lines of defenses close to the Kursk nuclear power plant, the BBC reported on Sunday. The facility sits on the edge of the town of Kurchatov, west of the regional capital, Kursk.
On Friday, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog warned Moscow and Kyiv to 'exercise maximum restraint in order to avoid a nuclear accident with the potential for serious radiological consequences' rising from fighting around the Kursk plant.'I am personally in contact with the relevant authorities of both countries and will continue to be seized of the matter,' the International Atomic Energy Agency chief, Rafael Mariano Grossi, said in a statement.
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