Published December 18,2024
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Russia’s defence ministry Wednesday claimed the seize of two new settlements within the Donetsk area of east Ukraine, the most recent in a collection of good points by Moscow’s troops.
The ministry mentioned in a every day briefing that its forces had “liberated” Stari Terny and Trudove, each positioned close to the commercial city of Kurakhove, which Russia seems near capturing.
Moscow has been advancing in east Ukraine for months, urgent its benefit towards overstretched and outgunned Ukrainian troopers.
Kurakhove is a strategic industrial city on the banks of a reservoir that Moscow is attempting to encircle.
Stari Terny is positioned on the reservoir’s northwest financial institution and Trudove is positioned about 10 kilometres (6 miles) south of Kurakhove.
Ukraine’s military chief Oleksandr Syrsky mentioned Tuesday tha the “most difficult situation” is presently round Kurakhove and the provision hub of Pokrovsk additional north within the Donetsk area.
The governor of the Donetsk area, Vadym Filashkin, mentioned Wednesday that Russian assaults had broken “numerous multi-storey buildings and private houses” within the space in and round Kurakhove.
Source: www.anews.com.tr