Ukraine carried out a drone strike on the Russian-held metropolis of Enerhodar close to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant on Monday, the pinnacle of Russia’s state nuclear company was quoted as saying on Tuesday by Russia’s RIA information company.

Rosatom chief Alexei Likhachev stated six drones had been launched at Enerhodar, and that each one had been destroyed.

The metropolis is in territory in southeastern Ukraine that’s held by Russia, which despatched tens of 1000’s of troops into Ukraine over 18 months in the past. The close by Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant, Europe’s greatest, can also be in Russian fingers.

Later on Tuesday, Ukraine’s army intelligence (GUR) launched footage of drone assaults, saying Ukrainian particular forces and resistance members in Enerhodar had “congratulated the invaders on the ‘holiday'” – a reference to Russia’s day of migration service staff.

The GUR stated {that a} constructing in Enerhodar the place Russian passports at the moment are being issued, and two places the place as much as 12 Russian officers had been positioned, had been hit. A radio communication level had been “neutralised”, it stated.