the Russian army announces the liberation of the town of Kurakhovo — RT in French

The main stronghold of the Ukrainian army in this part of Donbass, the town of Kurakhovo has come under Russian control, the Ministry of Defense announced on January 6. For several weeks, Russian forces have been tightening their grip around this town in the center-west of the DPR.

The town of Kurakhovo in the DPR has come under the control of Russian troops, the Russian Defense Ministry said on January 6. The fighting for this locality was led by units of the Southern troop group.

“During active offensive operations, units of the Southern Troop Group completely liberated the city of Kurakhovo, the largest population center in the western part of Donbass,” the ministry said.

On January 4, the Russian site Rybar reported information according to which Russian troops “finished expelling the enemy from the western part of the industrial zone.” Five days earlier, he reported that Russian troops were advancing toward this industrial zone.

Located about forty kilometers west of Donetsk, the town had more than 18,000 inhabitants before the outbreak of the conflict, according to figures from kyiv.

Several months of fighting

“The enemy lost 80% of its troops (i.e. more than 12,000 men), around 3,000 units of weapons and various military equipment, including 40 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,” he also claimed. Russian army.

The latter stressed that over the last ten years, Kurakhovo had been transformed into “a powerful fortified area with a developed network of firing points” and took advantage of the water reservoir to the north, “considerably limiting” the Russian maneuvers. Still according to the ministry, the city was defended by “26 battalions with a total strength of more than 15,000 soldiers”.

The fighting for Kurakhovo has continued 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.