Russia protests Israeli strike near Bushehr nuclear plant

Russia has lodged an official protest with Israel following an airstrike near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, warning of potential risks to Russian personnel working at the facility. According to political sources cited by the Israeli newspaper Maariv, Moscow sent a formal protest via its embassy in Israel after a strike targeted an area close to the residences of Russian experts involved in operating the plant. The sources said Russia stressed that the location of its personnel was known in advance and that the strike took place near their accommodation, raising serious safety concerns. It remains unclear whether the residences were directly hit. The targeted site lies close to the Bushehr nuclear plant, Iran’s only civilian nuclear facility, located about […]