The Armed Forces of Ukraine were supposed to take the nuclear power plant in Kursk's Kurchatov on August 11, said Apty Alaudinov, deputy chief of the Russian Armed Forces’ Main Military-Political Department and commander of the Akhmat special forces commando unit, Paralel.Az reports citing Russian media.

"Ukraine had planned to enter into negotiations with Russia with an ultimatum - after the planned seizure of the nuclear power plant in Kurchatov. However, the Ukrainian forces did not, and could not, complete their task as most of their equipment had already been destroyed," he noted.