Ukrainian troops are holding defensive traces on the Kurakhove thermal energy plant regardless of fierce preventing within the sector, Khortytsia group of forces spokesperson Viktor Trehubov mentioned on nationwide tv on Jan. 10.
"Now the Russians try to assault within the space of Dachne, and drive Ukrainian forces out of Kurakhove. Ukrainian forces are holding the thermal energy plant and inflicting all of the injury they will on the enemy," Trehubov mentioned.
Kurakhove has turn into one of many focal factors of the Russian offensive in Donetsk Oblast over the previous few months, turning the city into one of many hottest sectors of the entrance.
Russia's Protection Ministry claimed on Jan. 6 that its forces had totally captured Kurakhove in, an announcement not confirmed on the time by Ukraine.
On Jan. 7, a army spokesperson mentioned Ukrainian forces proceed to carry positions within the western outskirts of Kurakhove and the facility plant, however the state of affairs within the city is "troublesome."
The city lies over 20 kilometers (over 10 miles) north of Russian-occupied Vuhledar and over 30 kilometers (nearly 20 miles) south of the important thing front-line city of Pokrovsk.
Ukrainian troops are destroying giant quantities of Russian army tools within the Kurakhove sector, Trehubov added.
Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 29 Russian assaults within the Kurakhove sector close to Sribne, Andriivka, Petropavlivka, Kurakhove, and Dachne over the previous day, the Common Workers reported earlier within the day.
Following the seize of Mariinka in early 2024, the Russian military intensified its advance towards Kurakhove. Road preventing is at present happening within the city.
Russian forces had earlier blown up the dam of the Kurakhove Reservoir, a hydraulic construction close to the village of Stari Terny within the Kurakhove neighborhood.
The thermal energy plant in Kurakhove, for which the broken reservoir was created, is just not working. The commercial facility has now turn into a fortification, and the scene of intense city preventing in Kurakhove.
If taken, Kurakhove could be the primary vital city to fall into Russian fingers in 2025 after Russia took Avdiivka and Vuhledar final 12 months.
Moscow's troops are additionally focusing their efforts on Pokrovsk, an necessary logistics hub, as a part of their general purpose to seize all the Donetsk Oblast.
The Kyiv IndependentKateryna Denisova
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