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Russia claimed Wednesday the capture of two villages near the industrial town of Kurakhové, in southeastern Ukraine. This is one of the sectors of the front where its troops are advancing against an exhausted Ukrainian army.
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November 06, 2024 – 11:00
(Keystone-ATS) According to the daily report from the Russian Defense Ministry, Moscow forces seized Antonivka and Maksimivka, two villages located south of Kurakhové, and north of Vougledar, a Ukrainian fortress that fell in early October.
Russian troops have been approaching for several weeks from the east and south of Kourakhové, a city which had around 18,000 inhabitants before the conflict, and which is notably home to a large deposit of lithium, a rare mineral, nearby.
Further north, the city of Pokrovsk, an important logistical hub for Ukrainian troops, is also threatened with conquest. The Russian army took some 500 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory in October, a record since the first weeks of the conflict in March 2022, according to AFP.
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