Moscow says Ukraine drone debris hit Russian nuclear plant

Moscow says Ukraine drone debris hit Russian nuclear plant

Russian officials said on Friday debris from a Ukrainian drone hit a nuclear power plant a day earlier, temporarily causing the station to reduce its output.

"Approximately eight drones were directed -- there is no doubt about this -- towards the Novovoronezh nuclear power plant," Alexey Likhachev, the head of Russia's Rosatom nuclear agency, told a press conference

"All of them were neutralised and shot down. However, debris fell and damaged the main switchgear."

The facility disconnected and reduced the capacity of three power units as a "preventative measure", he said.

The plant was fully reconnected by Thursday morning.

Russia and Ukraine have repeatedly traded accusations of targeting nuclear plants throughout the nearly