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According to the on-site report of CGTN Maslak's reporting team, at around 1:40 a.m. local time on August 18, after the missile alarm at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in Russia sounded,There were several dull explosions in the sky above Kurchatov., which may be the sound of interception by the air defense system.A minute later, they heard a loud explosion.

According to the information obtained by CCTV reporters from the Russian Ministry of Defense, from the night of August 17 to the early morning of August 18, local time,Russian military shoots down a drone over Kursk Oblast, shot down two drones over Belgorod Oblast and two drones over Rostov Oblast.

Kurchatov is a city of nuclear scientists.It is about 90 kilometers from the border town of Sudja in Russia's Kursk Oblast.On the 15th, Ukrainian President Zelensky said that Ukraine had occupied the town. On the 17th, Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation General Manager Likhachev called International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Grossi to discuss the situation around the nuclear power plant and invited Grossi to visit Kurchatov.

Source: CCTV News Client