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2024-08-29
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russia safely disposes of rockets near nuclear power plants; many places in ukraine temporarily cut power
the russian national guard said on the 28th that an unexploded cluster rocket was found and safely disposed of near the kursk nuclear power plant. many places in ukraine implemented temporary power cuts on the same day.
according to a message released on the official website of the russian national guard on the 28th, the russian national guard discovered and safely destroyed a "himars" rocket launched by the ukrainian army 5 kilometers away from the kursk nuclear power plant. the rocket was a cluster munition containing 180 unexploded sub-bombs.
kirov oblast in central and western russia was attacked by ukrainian drones on the 28th. kirov oblast governor sokolov said on social media that the city of kotelnich in the oblast was attacked by ukrainian drones that day, two drones were shot down, and another three drones fell into a local factory area and caused a fire.
the video released by the russian ministry of defense on the 28th showed that the russian army blew up a hangar in sumy oblast, ukraine, which contained ukrainian "himars" multiple rocket launchers and rockets. the russian ministry of defense also reported earlier that day that in the past night, the russian air defense system shot down a total of 12 ukrainian drones over voronezh and rostov oblasts. golubev, the governor of rostov oblast, confirmed that a fuel depot in the state caught fire due to a drone attack.
the ukrainian state electricity company issued a notice on the 28th that due to the large-scale air strikes by russia on the 26th, many places in ukraine, including kiev oblast, odessa oblast, dnipropetrovsk oblast, etc., implemented temporary power rationing measures from 9:00 to 11:00 am on the 28th.
interfax, ukrainian pravda and other media reported on the 28th, citing sources from the ukrainian ministry of defense intelligence directorate and the ukrainian special forces, that the ukrainian army launched a drone attack on an oil depot in rostov oblast, russia. the report said that the oil depot is part of the russian military-industrial complex and provides support to the russian army.
the general staff of the ukrainian armed forces issued a notice on the 28th saying that in the past day, there were 184 battles between ukraine and russia, with 55 clashes in the pokrovsk direction alone. in addition, the russian army was also active in the kupyanskoye and toretsk directions.
source: xinhua news agency
