2024-08-18
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Editor of Every Economic Report: Bi Luming
According to CCTV News on the 18th, the air defense alarm was sounded in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on the 18th local time.
According to the on-site report of CGTN Maslak reporting team, at around 1:40 a.m. local time on August 18,After the missile alarm sounded at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in Russia, several dull explosions were heard over the city of Kurchatov, where it is located. It may be the sound of interception by the air defense system. A minute later, they heard a violent explosion.
The Russian Ministry of Defense issued a statement on the 17th, saying that it had seriously evaluated the information obtained from multiple independent channels.Ukraine is preparing to attack the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant. The Russian Ministry of Defense stressed that if Ukraine implements this plan, Russia will immediately take severe response measures.
According to the on-site report of CGTN Maslak Reporting Team, at around 1:40 a.m. local time on August 18,After the missile alarm sounded at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in Russia, several dull explosions were heard over the city of Kurchatov, where it is located. It may be the sound of interception by the air defense system. A minute later, they heard a violent explosion.
According to information obtained by the reporter from the Russian Ministry of Defense, from the night of August 17 to the early morning of August 18 local time, the Russian army shot down one drone over Kursk Oblast, two drones over Belgorod Oblast, and two drones over Rostov Oblast.
Kurchatov is a city of nuclear scientists, located about 90 kilometers from the border town of Sudja in Kursk Oblast, Russia.
On the 15th, Ukrainian President Zelensky said that Ukraine had occupied the town.
According to CCTV News, the Russian Ministry of Defense issued an announcement on the 17th saying that it had seriously evaluated the information obtained from multiple independent channels that Ukraine was preparing to attack the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stressed that if Ukraine implements this plan, Russia will immediately take severe response measures. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova said on the same day:There are reports that Ukraine has begun preparing to attack the Kursk nuclear power plant.
On the 17th, Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation President Likhachev had a telephone conversation with IAEA Director General Grossi to discuss the situation around the Kursk and Zaporizhia nuclear power plants. Likhachev stressed that the situation around the two nuclear power plants continues to deteriorate. Likhachev also invited Grossi to visit the Kursk nuclear power plant.
According to a report by AFP in Kiev on August 17, cited by Reference News on the 18th, Ukrainian President Zelensky said on the 17th that the Ukrainian army is "reinforcing" its positions in the Kursk region of Russia.
The Russian military said it was "beating back" a new offensive launched by Kiev while continuing to storm several regions of Ukraine, especially further south in Donbass, where Russian troops have the upper hand over Kiev's forces.
It is reported that Zelensky said happily after meeting with Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Sersky on the 17th:"General Serski reports on the strengthening of our positions in the Kursk region and the expansion of stabilized territory."
"The operation went exactly as we planned," he said in an online video message that evening.
The day before, Serski told the Ukrainian president thatUkrainian forces advanced "one to three kilometers" and captured more Russian soldiers.The report mentioned that on the 17th, the Russian army claimed that it had "repelled" the Ukrainian offensive near three settlements in the Kursk region and caused heavy losses to the opponent.
"In the past day, the Russians have launched dozens of attacks on our positions," Zelensky said on the 17th. He said his soldiers were "doing their best to eliminate the occupiers and repel the offensive." He said that "the situation is under control."
However, Ukrainian authorities pointed out that Russian attacks in eastern and northeastern Ukraine on the 17th killed two people.
According to CCTV News, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the 17th that the Russian army continued to repel the Ukrainian army's attack on the front line of Kursk Oblast and destroyed Ukrainian armored vehicles. Sharov, deputy director of the Information Policy Department of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, said on the 17th that in the past 24 hours, more than 3,000 people were evacuated from the border areas of Kursk Oblast to safe areas. At present, 172 temporary shelters in 24 regions of Russia have accommodated about 10,000 people evacuated from the state.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on the 17th that Ukraine has strengthened its fortifications in Kursk Oblast and expanded the area of Russian territory it occupies. He said that Ukraine is working hard to obtain new assistance from its partners to limit Russia's offensive potential and enhance Ukraine's long-range combat capabilities.
Daily Economic News integrates CCTV News and Reference News
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