"A combat unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) belonging to the Armed Forces of Ukraine was shot down by air defence systems near the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant," the press service said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app.

Russia accused Ukraine on Sunday of carrying out overnight drone attacks that ignited a fire at a nuclear power plant in the western Kursk region, as Kyiv marked 34 years of independence. Multiple energy and power facilities were targeted in the strikes,