A Russian soldier in ruins in Donetsk, January 10, 2025. TAISIYA VORONCOVA/SPUTNIK/SIPA
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The Russian army claimed this Sunday, January 12, the capture of two localities on the front in eastern Ukraine, where it has been progressing slowly but constantly for months against fewer Ukrainian troops.
In a statement, the Russian Defense Ministry said that units of the “South” grouping had captured the village of Yantarne, in the Donetsk region (east).
This locality is located about 10 kilometers southwest of Kurakhové, an important Ukrainian stronghold which Moscow claimed to have seized on Monday after weeks of fighting.
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On Saturday, the Russian army said it had also advanced northwest of Kurakhové.
Russia crosses the Oskil River
Furthermore, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday that it had captured the town of Kalinové, in the Kharkiv region (north-east). This location is on the western bank of the Oskil River, which in this area has long marked the front line between the two camps.
But a local Ukrainian official announced Thursday that Russian forces had managed to establish a bridgehead by crossing the Oskil.
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The Russian army had attempted several times in recent months to cross this river, which passes in particular through the disputed city of Koupiansk.
Drone attacks continue
At the same time, nighttime drone attacks and bombings continue. During the night from Saturday to Sunday, the Ukrainian air force said it shot down 60 Russian drones. Drone debris damaged several houses in the Ukrainian regions of Kharkiv, Sumy and Poltava, without causing any casualties, according to this source.
In the Kherson region (south), three people were injured by Russian drones, local Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday.
In the same region, but in its part controlled by Moscow, a retiree was killed and a man injured by a Ukrainian drone attack, local official appointed by Moscow, Vladimir Saldo, said on Telegram.
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Finally, in Russia, in the Saratov region, the fire at an oil site continued on Sunday, the governor, Roman Boussarguine, indicated on Telegram, four days after a Ukrainian drone attack.
According to this source, firefighters are working “24 hours a day” to extinguish the blaze, the size and smoke of which have decreased, assured the governor.
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