Russia ‘liberates largest settlement in southwest Donbass’ – MOD

The Ukrainian military has lost over 12,000 troops and up to 3,000 units of hardware in the failed defense of Kurakhovo, Moscow has said

Russian forces have “fully liberated” the strategic town of Kurakhovo in Russia’s People Republic of Donetsk, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said.

Kurakhovo is “the largest settlement in southwest Donbass,” the ministry said in a statement on Monday. Before the escalation between Moscow and Kiev in February 2022, the town had a population of almost 19,000 people.

“Over the past decade, the Kiev regime had turned it [Kurakhovo] into a powerful fortified area with a developed network of firing positions and underground communications. From the north, it was defended by a water basin, which significantly limited the maneuverability of Russian assault units,” the statement read.