The Kremlin accuses Ukraine of “playing with fire” after a reported attack near the Kursk nuclear power plant, by Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin accused Ukrainian authorities of playing with fire on Friday, a day after Russian forces said they had intercepted a Ukrainian drone near the Kursk nuclear power plant and some news outlets reported that a fire erupted several kilometers away.

“Kiev continues to play with fire and naturally we will bring this to the attention of the IAEA representatives,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, referring to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the nuclear watchdog. of the UN.

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhiy Tykhyi denied on Thursday that Ukraine fired weapons at or near the factory.

Ukrainian forces entered the Kursk region in a surprise cross-border incursion on August 6 and remain there even as the Russian military tries to push them out.