Russia says it prevented Ukrainian drone attack on Smolensk nuclear power plant


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  • Sunday, 17 Aug 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said that it had prevented a Ukrainian drone attack on the Smolensk nuclear power plant in western Russia on Sunday.

The Soviet-era Smolensk nuclear power station, about 330 km (200 miles) southwest of Moscow near the border with Belarus, has three RBMK reactors - the same basic design as the reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear power station.

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