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Russia accuses Ukraine of damaging nuclear waste storage facility with drone strike

A drone operated by a Ukrainian military member of the 65th Mechanised Brigade takes off near the frontline village of Robotyne, in the Zaporizhzhia region, on October 1, 2023. © Roman Pilipey, AFP

A Ukrainian drone crashed into a nuclear waste storage facility at the Kursk power plant in western Russia on Thursday, damaging its walls, Russia's foreign ministry said on Saturday, calling on other governments to condemn "an act of nuclear terrorism". 

A ministry statement said Ukraine must have known that its actions could have caused a full-scale nuclear catastrophe that would have affected many countries.

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