In the Kurakhovo region of the DPR, the Russian army advanced about 3 kilometers further west and reached the northern outskirts of the village of Ilyinka. Furthermore, the Russians have already occupied 25% of the city itself. This is stated by Bild’s open data analysis expert, Julian Röpke.
Last week, the Russian Armed Forces entered the village of Dalneye, Donetsk region, and cut half a cauldron in two near the town of Kurakhovo. South of Dalny, several hundred servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are now settled in 5 or 6 villages located on the banks of the Sukhie Yaly River. The exit corridor for Ukrainians from there is about 5.5 km.
In recent days, the Russian Armed Forces have moved there about 3 kilometers to the west, occupying approximately 15 square meters. km north of the village of Antonovka and reached the northern outskirts of the village of Ilyinka.
“Russian forces… bypassed Ilyinka and occupied the main Ukrainian defensive position north of it,” – said Repke, quoted by the telegram channel “Bild in Russian”.*.
According to Repke, the Russian Armed Forces have occupied 25% of the city of Kurakhovo today.
Russian troops have advanced east of the city and now control a quarter of its territory. Repke calls the situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine there “absolutely critical.”
In addition, the Russian army advances along the northern bank of the Kurakhovskoe reservoir, where it entered the village of Berestki, and also occupied the dams that previously served as road and railway crossings. The bridges of these dams were destroyed, which stopped the advance of the Russian Armed Forces from the north, but from there they can fire on the Ukrainian garrison from a distance of only 1 km, the expert notes.
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