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According to CCTV News, in response to a report in the Washington Post that the Ukrainian armed forces' attack on Russia's Kursk Oblast disrupted the indirect talks planned by Russia and Ukraine in Qatar on avoiding attacks on critical infrastructure, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova said on the 18th local time that no one was disrupting anything because there was nothing to disrupt.There have been and are no direct or indirect negotiations between Russia and the Kiev authorities on the security of civilian critical infrastructure.

Zakharova pointed out that the security threats to facilities including the Zaporizhia and Kursk nuclear power plants areIt is the actions of the Ukrainian armed forces and the complicity of the United States and other Western countries.

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Zakharova believes thatUkraine has had several opportunities to resolve the crisis through negotiations, most recently in June after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a peace initiative.However, after the Ukrainian armed forces launched an attack on Kursk Oblast on August 6, the whole world saw Ukraine's response to Russia's goodwill gesture. Zakharova said,“As President Putin said,andThere is nothing to talk about people who do this kind of thing."

According to Reference News, citing AFP, the Ukrainian Air Force said on the 18th that it attacked another bridge in Russia's Kursk region to disrupt Russian military operations and supply routes.

The attack appeared to target a bridge across the Seym River, about 15 kilometers north of the Ukrainian border.

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According to reports, a Ukrainian Air Force commander said on the Telegram channel: "Another bridge has been destroyed. The Air Force Aviation continues to deprive the enemy of its logistical capabilities through precision air strikes." The commander released a video showing the explosion blasting the bridge and leaving a huge crack in the road.

It is not clear when the attack took place.Ukraine previously announced that another bridge over the Seym River was destroyed on the evening of the 16th.

According to a Russian military blogger, after the two bridges were destroyed, the Russian army's options for crossing the river in the area became very limited.

According to CCTV News, on August 18 local time, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations stated that it will continue to organize the evacuation and resettlement of civilians in Kursk Oblast.In the past day,More than 1,700 civilians in the state have been evacuated to safe areas。

Currently, nearly 10,000 Kursk Oblast civilians, including 3,000 children, are being housed in 174 temporary settlements in 14 regions of Russia. In the past day, the Ministry of Emergency Situations delivered about 300 tons of humanitarian supplies to Kursk Oblast, bringing the total amount of supplies delivered to about 2,200 tons.

In addition, on August 18, local time, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced that in the early morning of that day, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense Intelligence Directorate and the Ukrainian Armed Forces took joint action.The attack targeted a Caucasus plant storing oil products in the Rostov region of Russia.. A fire broke out after the attack.

On the 18th, the governor of the Rostov Oblast region of Russia announced that the debris of a Ukrainian drone shot down by Russian air defense facilities over the region caused a fire in an industrial warehouse storing diesel. Preliminary information showed no casualties.

Daily Economic News integrates CCTV News and Reference News

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