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The Russian army continues to implement its plan to encircle a large fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) nin the area of Kurakhovo. The town located fifteen kilometers from Donetsk, was considered the “entrance gate” to the capital of the region until 2014. The fortified stronghold of Kurakhovo is very convenient for Ukrainian defense. Here are two reasons why.
First, the geographical location. The town of Kurakhovo is located on the left bank of the Kurakhovo water reservoir. This makes it difficult to attack from the northern direction and minimizes the threat to the northern front, which is nine kilometers wide. In the southern and eastern directions there are field areas that allow to timely detect the advance of the enemy and to open artillery fire on the approaching troops.
Secondly, there are a number of large industrial enterprises in Kurakhovo to turn into strongholds of the defending forces. They include mechanical, boiler-mechanical, canning, pipe factories and others. Of particular importance is the Kurakhovo Power Station built during the Stalinist industrialization in the 1930s in order to connect the energy systems of the Dnieper region and the Donetsk coal basin. Until 2022, the Kurakhovo Power Station was one of the ten most powerful stations in Ukraine.
Russian drones hunt for retreating Ukrainian soldiers:
Despite the benefits for the Ukrainian military, the prospects for the long-term defense of the city are questionable. The Russian army has managed to form a front configuration that is disadvantageous for the Ukrainian troops.
From the south, the Russian troops are rapidly developing offensive in three directions at the same time, with the common goal of capturing the village of Constantinopol located 12 kilometers west of Kurakhovo. On October 8th, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Russian army had taken control of the village of Zolotaya Niva. On October 26th, Russian forces entered Shakhtyorskoye after a rapid breakthrough of six kilometers across an open terrain. On October 28th, Russian units reportedly repelled the AFU from the village of Bohoyavlenka northwest of Ugledar, moving the line of contact away from the former Ukrainian fortress.
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Russian flags in Novoukrainka:
The Russians are realigning their positions, advancing on a broad front toward the Kurakhovo-Konstantinopol road. On October 31st, the Russian Defense Ministry officially confirmed the full control of the village of Yasnaya Polyana north of Shakhtyorskoye. Russian flags are already waving in Novoukrainka. The advance continues uninterruptedly. Massive attacks with upgraded heavy aerial bombs are pounding the village of Razliv located north of Yasnaya Polyana, the advancing Russian troops already launched assault in Trudovoye located north of Bogoyavlenka.
Russian bombs destroy Ukrainian positions in Razliv:
Only 12 kilometers left to cut the vitaly important highway for the Ukrainian garrison in Kurakhovo. In the case of Russian success, the Ukrainian army will have no way to retreat. Ill-timed order to retreat by Commander-in-Chief of the AFU Oleksandr Syrsky could lead to the encirclement of several thousand Ukrainian troops in the area of Kurakhovo. Russian forces may not need to launch a frontal assault from the east but they continue local attacks on the eastern outskirts, containing enemy in battles. They have recently broke through Ukrainian defense and gained a foothold in the eastern part of Kurakhovo.
Battle for Kurakhovka:
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Ukrainian forces are surrendering settlements north of the Kurakhovo reservoir one by one. On October 29th, Russian forces took the full control of Gornyak, and soon after both Russian and Ukrainian military sources confirmed the withdrawal of the AFU from Kurakhovka and Volchenka. In this regard, the full Russian control of the right bank of the Kurakhovo reservoir is a matter of days, as they are already in control of the dominant heights in the area of Gornyak and Kurakhovka. In its turn, the town Kurakhovo is located in the lowlands.
To sum up, the gradual retreat of the Ukrainian troops from the town of Kurakhovo and villages nearby under the threat of encirclement may be expected within a few weeks. A new line of Ukrainian defense is being hastily strengthened near Constantinople and Andreevka, 12 kilometers west of Kurakhovo. Holding defense on the high bank of the Volchya River, the Ukrainian military will be able to keep fire control of the Zaporozhye-Kurakhovo-Donetsk highway and try to fend off attacks of the Russian troops.
the first video shows a drone attacking a pow. he has his arms up and he’s escorted by armed men. so it’s either a russian drone trying to kill it’s own pow and ukrainian soldiers or it’s a ukrainian drone trying to kill it’s own pow and russian soldiers
this war makes no sense at all, why die for some globalist billionaire laughing at you while setting in his/ her ivory tower eating steak & caviar..!
all wars are bankers wars …if you did not noticed.
that’s a load of crap they’re globalist aka imperialist aka majestic monarchist wars hidden behind the fall guy bankers.
haven’t you forgotten the pilgims, bildeburgs, masons and church of england in a joint conspiracy directed by the pope as the final reincarnation of a long pharaonic dynasty beginning with king tut?
the only solution is that ukraine gets demilitarized and normal people gets in control.
it’s a smoke and mirrors to deceive the world to replace parades and circuses to conceal the fascists tightening the net surrounding the world with legal entrapments in apps.
encircling the afu is akin to putting it on an out of control merry-go-round and spinning it into a vertigo-driven defeat.
a prisoner dosen’t walk along next to you
when you’ve got the gun they do
his arms were up cause he was holding something above his head, and so did at least one of the soldiers in front. if he was a prisoner his hands would have been tie up, not free.
grow up its not play school
if it flies like a ukrainian drone and lies like a ukrainian drone, then it’s a ukrainian drone.
see, there’s this thing called a ten year modus operandi that spills the beans.
anyway i am shocked by the sheer size of the carnage. many of those ukro soldiers were forced to fight after being kidnapped by the dirty bastards of tcc. many are russophones or hungarians, too. i cannot be happy of anything. while i hope russia will soon win, too many are dying of the sake of nato and blackrock.
like bojo’s ex-adviser once said: “ukraine is a corrupt mafia shithole and abandon all hope, ye westerners who enter there.”
kiev regime and nato have completely lost the initiative. together with the bombing of the rear logistics will they get their deathblow on the frontlines this year?✌️🤫💪
a swedish national fighting on the side of the ukrainian army was killed in action last week, the country’s svt broadcaster reported on wednesday. the channel cited the swedish foreign ministry as saying that eight swedish nationals have been killed in ukraine since february 2022, after russia launched its military operation in the neighboring state.
get off the grass swedish mecenaries for their king.
don’t be so gullible.
why don’t you fill us in once you’ve finished rewriting gulllible’s travels.
one of zelensky’s generals said the other day: ‘we’re just waiting for the coup de grace’.
zelensky, being sort of an uneducated peasant, replied. ‘don’t know what you mean. thanks to parubiy’s snipers and nuland’s sweets, we had a very graceful coup back in 2014 already.’.
🎻🎻🎻🎻
no retreat no surrender!!!
bring it you orc shitstains!!!
heheheh
oh russia is bringing it to you ukranazis so yes don’t retreat and don’t surrender.
hehehehe motherfucker.
talking to yo selfie again
ukrainians are both surrendering and retreating lol.
no, advancing in orderly fashion. westward ho!
no, they’re advancing to the dnieper. no stopping them now, they’re on a roll.
oh.if only zelenski had more armchair warriors like you to save the day. he he he
the one-trick pony rides again. heheheh
what the article failed to tell is that ukrainians had three lines of defence and russia has already crossed two. the last and weakest line of defense is running in novoukrainka. after that there are no defensive positions for ukrainians and it is completely free field to advance. it is mostly fields with no cover for defenders.
russia has the possibility to both reach western outskirts of pokrovsk with this attack and also to turn into west and cut novosilka off.
so what? what if russia reached mars???? so what?? they’re not getting to play finders keepers. they will not let them win wake up. they will not be allowed to keep any territories at all.
who’s they.. king charles and his minions or the last pharaoh reincarnated?
pathetic amerikunt tantrums–find better italian astrologer
ukrainian troops find their way via the lode stone. its official name is the lode-of-shit stone, or more simply referred to as the-black-rock.
only dumb amerikunt try to explain their defeat w lies
dipstick trying to trick dumbos with stupid stories that only works on frauds and utter fools.
big bad wolfs going to huff n puff and blow wittle zelenskies house down if the hero woodcutter doesn’t come to her rescue
seriously, fellow… you need help. meanwhile, ease up on the magic mushrooms.
encircling the afu is like putting it on an out of control merry-go-round and spinning it into a vertigo-driven defeat.