Recap – “20 Minutes” takes stock for you every evening on the progress of the conflict in Ukraine
Did you miss the latest events on the war in Ukraine? 20 Minutes takes stock for you every evening. Between the strong declarations, the advances on the front and the results of the fighting, here is the essential part of this Tuesday, January 7, 2025, the 1,049th day of the war.
Fact of the day
Did the Russian army conquer the strategic mining town of Kurakhové, in Donbass, on Monday? This is what she announced in any case, going so far as to claim to have raised her flag there. Information confirmed by the military blog DeepState, close to the Ukrainian army, whose combat map shows the entirety of Kurakhové under Russian control. But not through kyiv.
On the contrary, since the Ukrainian army assured this Tuesday that it would continue to fight in the locality. The Khortytsia force group, which is deployed in the area, said that “Ukrainian troops are maintaining in the western part of the city, on the western outskirts of the city, including at the thermal power station.” The spokesperson for these forces, Viktor Tregoubov, however, admitted on television a “very difficult” situation in this sector, stressing that “a large part of the city has been destroyed”. “There is simply no place for defense because there are no fortifications,” he said(…) Read more on 20minutes
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