More than 76,000 people have been evacuated from areas bordering Ukraine in Russia’s Kursk Oblastlocal emergency response authorities said, according to Russian news agency TASS

Russian forces are fighting thousands of Ukrainian forces at a depth of up to 20 km within the Kursk region, fifth day after the largest incursion of Ukrainian troops into Russian territory since the outbreak of the war in late February 2022.

In fact, the Russian Nuclear Energy Agency has announced that the Ukrainian invasion is endangering a local nuclear power plant.

“The actions of the Ukrainian armed forces pose an immediate threat” to the Kursk nuclear power plant, Rosatom said in a press release, as reported by Russian news agencies.

“At this time, there is a real risk of strikes and provocations by the Ukrainian military,” the text added.

Russia’s state-run nuclear power company Rosatom has discussed the decommissioning of the nuclear power plant in the Kursk region with the IAEA following Ukraine’s invasion, Russia’s RIA news agency reported today.

After all, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, has already appealed, in a press release, to show “maximum restraint in order to avoid the possibility of a nuclear accident”.

At the same time, the Russian army “continues to repel the attempted cross-border invasion of the Ukrainian armed forces,” the Russian Defense Ministry said, noting that it used air power and artillery to hit troops and soldiers. Ukrainian equipment on Russian territory.

In addition, the Russian Defense Ministry released photos showing tank crews opening fire on Ukrainian positions in the Kursk region, as well as a nighttime airstrike.

The Ukrainian offensive began on Tuesday morning when units of the Kiev army crossed the border and penetrated into the Kursk region, advancing tens of kilometers, according to independent analysts.