The city’s mayor, Igor Korpunkov, said the battle was “several tens of kilometers from the borders” of the city.
The battle is taking place tens of kilometers from the borders of the Russian city of Kurchatov, where the Kursk nuclear power plant is located. Local mayor Igor Korpunkov announced this on his Telegram channel and called on citizens “not to panic.”
“Combat operations continue several tens of kilometers from the borders of our city. The situation is tense, a state of emergency is in effect,” said the Russian official.
All services and businesses, including the city administration, are operating as normal, the mayor assured.
“I was personally in the city, at my workplace, and I controlled the situation,” Korpunkov convinced.
As we have already written, powerful explosions occurred in the Kursk region of Russia on the night of August 9. Near the village of Oktyabrskoye, Rylsky District, a row of Russian armored vehicles was destroyed on the march.
The Russian Ministry of Defense acknowledged the fighting around Sudzha
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