KYIV, Oct 4 – One the nights of September 27 and 29 and in the early hours of October 1, drones flew above the territory of the Pivdennoukrainsk Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on its website on October 3, referring to Ukraine's nuclear safety regulator.

"Ukraine's nuclear safety regulator informed the IAEA that on two occasions late last month – the nights of 27 and 29 September – ten and thirteen drones, respectively, flew through the area of the South Ukraine [Pivdennoukrainsk] NPP, one of them directly above the site. Today, the regulator added that five drones flew through the same area early on 1 October, including one above the site," it said.