{
  "id": 8302608,
  "title": "Drone Hits Cooling Tower At Russia's Nuclear Plant, Says UN Nuclear Watchdog",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/drone-hits-cooling-tower-at-russias-nuclear-plant-says-un-nuclear",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T18:47:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NDTV",
    "slug": "ndtv",
    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/drone-hits-cooling-tower-at-russias-nuclear-plant-says-un-nuclear-watchdog-12066626"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) \"has been informed that the cooling tower of a reactor unit of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in the Russian Federation was hit by a drone early on Thursday\".",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Interfax-Ukraine",
        "title": "Russia attacks Kyiv with ballistic missiles; air defense systems are active – Klitschko",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/russia-attacks-kyiv-with-ballistic-missiles-air-defense-systems-are",
        "published": "2026-09-18T16:39:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "As Russia strikes Kyiv and Kharkiv, Russian cooling tower hit by drone",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/as-russia-strikes-kyiv-and-kharkiv-russian-cooling-tower-hit-by-drone",
        "published": "2026-09-18T18:14:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "IAEA Condemns Drone Strike On Russia’s Kursk Nuclear Plant Cooling Tower Amid Escalating Russia-Ukraine Attacks | Video",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/iaea-condemns-drone-strike-on-russias-kursk-nuclear-plant-cooling",
        "published": "2026-09-18T19:53:19.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}