Russian army liberates Datchenskoye, just south of Pokrovsk – RT in French

Russian armed forces have taken control of the village of Datchenskoye in the DPR, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on January 6. A few days earlier, Ukrainian media had relayed information concerning the loss of this town, located eight kilometers south of the city Pokrovsk.

Units of the Russian Troop Group Center liberated the village of Datchenskoye, in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on January 6, a few hours after the announcement of the liberation of Kurakhovo.

Datchenskoye is located 8 kilometers south of the city Pokrovsk. The latter is portrayed as being of strategic importance for kyiv, both logistically and economically, the city having the only coke mine still under Ukrainian control. On December 29, the Russian army announced the capture of Novotroitskoye, further west, about ten kilometers south of Pokrovsk.

On the Ukrainian side, the capture by the “enemy” of Datchenskoye was announced on January 3 by the Telegram channel DeepState, close to the kyiv armed forces. Information then taken up by Ukrainian media.

DPR: after Kurakhovo, the Russian army hopes to press on

According to the Russian army, “four tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, American-made M113 armored personnel carriers and French-made VABs, five armored combat vehicles, including American-made Humvees and MaxxPro » were lost by the Ukrainian army in the area of ​​operation of the Center group.

Two hours earlier, still on its Telegram channel, the Russian army had announced the liberation of the town of Kurakhovo by the troops of the Southern group. A capture which, the ministry assured, “will accelerate the process of liberating the territory of the DPR”. The fighting for Kurakhovo had been going on since the end of October, when Russian units began to take the towns to the north, east of the reservoir, as well as to the south of the city.

On December 18, during an information meeting for foreign military attachés, the chief of staff of the Russian armed forces, General Valery Gerassimov, declared that the Russian military had taken control of more than 4,500 square kilometers and 190 colonies during the year 2024. A list which has since been extended.