According to news from the Russian side on September 18, in response to the International Atomic Energy Agency's statement that it “learned that the cooling tower of Russia's Kursk nuclear power plant was attacked by a drone on the 17th,” Alexander Pletkov, head of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant press department, said, “There were no attacks. Everything is fine at this nuclear power plant, everything is calm.” On the same day, the International Atomic Energy Agency said it had learned that the cooling tower of a reactor unit at the Kursk nuclear power plant had been hit by a drone the day before.

According to news from the Russian side on September 18, in response to the International Atomic Energy Agency's statement that it “learned that the cooling tower of Russia's Kursk nuclear power plant was attacked by a drone on the 17th,” Alexander Pletkov, head of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant press department, said, “There were no attacks. Everything is fine at this nuclear power plant, everything is calm.” On the same day, the International Atomic Energy Agency said it had learned that the cooling tower of a reactor unit at the Kursk nuclear power plant had been hit by a drone the day before.