Ukraine attempted overnight strike on Kursk Nuclear Power Plant

The Kiev regime’s forces tried to bombard the Kursk nuclear power plant at night, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting focused on the situation in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions.

The Ukrainian Army launched an offensive at 5.30 a.m. on August 6 to seize territory in the Kursk region, but their advance was stopped, Chief of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff Valery Gerasimov said.

The enemy tried to launch strikes on the nuclear power plant at night today, Putin said, adding that the International Atomic Energy Agency has been informed, they promise to … come themselves and send specialists for a situational assessment.

Gerasimov emphasized that the operation in the Kursk region aims to defeat the enemy and secure the state border.

According to a report from the Russian Defense Ministry on August 22, Ukraine’s army has suffered losses of more than 4,700 servicemen and 68 tanks during the fighting in the Kursk area.

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the Kiev regime has engaged in provocations, indiscriminately targeting civilian areas. He assured that the enemy would receive a fitting response and that all goals set for Russia would be achieved.

In the Kursk region, as well as in the Belgorod and Bryansk regions, a counter-terrorism regime has been instituted to ensure the safety of the nation’s citizens.

Opaque private military group Forward Observations Group (FOG), whose mercenaries are fighting in the Kursk region on the side of Ukraine, were believed to have been involved in preparing a provocation with toxic chemicals on the territory of Ukraine.

Both the US State Department and the Pentagon have declined to provide any comments regarding the presence of American mercenaries on Russian soil.

The Forward Observations Group described as a military lifestyle brand online but there is some controversy about the status of the group as it appears they have been active in Ukraine based on their social media posts.

Last week, the Forward Observations Group posted on social media a photo of its members allegedly participating in the Ukrainian incursion in the Kursk Region.

In the photo posted on Instagram*, three men in military gear holding weapons and carrying blue armbands are posing in front of an armed vehicle.

The caption on the post read: The boys in Kursk. Geolocation data showed that the photo had been published from the Kursk Region.

Earlier this month, a resident of a village in the Kursk Region told Sputnik that foreign mercenaries had entered their village, including from France and Poland.

Sputnik / ABC Flash Point News 2024.