| Battle of Kurakhove | |||||||||
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| Part of the eastern Ukraine campaign of the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||||||
 Damaged apartment in Kurakhove after being shelled | |||||||||
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The battle of Kurakhove is an ongoing battle for control of the city of Kurakhove between the Russian Armed Forces and the Ukrainian Armed Forces.[5][6][7]
The battle for the city began on 16 October 2024, when Russian forces' offensive operation in the direction of Kurakhove succeeded in capturing the nearby settlement of Ostrivske on 15 October, thus beginning the battle as Russian forces entered the administrative limits of the city from the north-eastern direction on the eastern bank of the Kurakhove reservoir. The battle is part of the broader Russian offensive in the Donbas and Donetsk Oblast, aiming to capture the economic and defensive stronghold cities in southern Donetsk Oblast, among them Kurakhove and Pokrovsk.[1][8]
- ^ a b "Kurakhove, Donetsk Oblast". DeepStateMap.Live (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ "Zelenskiy says Ukrainian forces holding positions in Russia's Kursk region". Reuters. 12 October 2024.
- ^ "Ukrainian settlement Ostrivske seized by Russian troops, says monitoring group". The New Voice of Ukraine. 16 October 2024.
- ^ Wolkov, Nicole; Gasparyan, Davit; Stepanenko, Kateryna; Harward, Christina; Kagan, Frederick W.; Runkel, William; Trotter, Nate (30 October 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 30, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Russian and Ukrainian forces have begun the battle for Kurakhove — its fall would spell the end for Ukraine's defense in southern Donbas". Meduza. 31 October 2024. Archived from the original on 1 November 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ "Kurakhove battle set to become focal point of Russia's autumn-winter offensive". Espreso TV. 1 November 2024. Archived from the original on 1 November 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ "Weak fortifications near Kurakhove, revival of Ukraine's EW industry. Zgurets' column". Espreso TV. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
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