Putin Alleges Ukraine Tried to Strike Russia’s Kursk Nuclear Power Plant

The head of the U.N. nuclear agency said he may be visiting the Russian region next week.

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to launch several new facilities of the metallurgical industry in Russia's regions via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on July 15, 2024. Vyacheslav Prokofyev/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Aug. 22 accused Ukraine of attempting to attack a nuclear plant in the Russian region of Kursk, as Kyiv continues its cross-border incursion in the country.

Putin said during a televised government meeting that Ukraine “tried to strike the nuclear power plant at night ... the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been informed.”