Kursk NPP officials have no plan for potential attack by Ukrainian army – Russian media

This was reported by the Russian publication Vazhnye Istorii (Important Stories).

According to sources, there are only women left among the Russian Guard officers protecting the Kursk NPP.

"The Pantsir air defense systems have moved closer to the station. They shoot back all the time. The station's guards are usually warrant officers of the Russian Guard. Now there are only women, apparently, they gathered all the men and sent them there (to the war against Ukraine - ed.)," said the nuclear power plant worker.

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Kursk NPP employees have no instructions in case of a ground attack. At night, the city of Kurchatov, where the facility is located, was allegedly attacked by an UAV.

"In June, we asked them a question about the missile threat: there are no shelters, where to go? They said they had to hide, but didn't say where. I understand that they are not considering this issue [of a ground attack] at all. They say that we are protected, our troops are protecting us," said an anonymous employee.

Cross-border raid in Russia’s Kursk region  

On August 6, the authorities of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation stated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces allegedly tried to break through the Russian border, but were allegedly pushed back. Later, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that "the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group retreated to its territory.”

The Main Intelligence Directorate refused to comment on the statements regarding the Kursk region. However, NV media, citing its own source in Ukrainian intelligence, wrote that the events in the Kursk region "definitely did not involve fighters of the Russian Volunteer Corps, who are fighting as part of Ukraine's Armed Forces.”

The Institute for the Study of War noted that the Russian Defense Ministry, acting governor of the Kursk region Alexei Smirnov, and some propagandists have different versions of the events in the Kursk region.

On August 7, Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin convened the Russian military leadership to discuss the situation in the Kursk region, which he called a "large-scale provocation." At the time, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called on the international community to "strongly condemn the Kyiv regime's criminal attacks on Russian territory."