Currently, there are 800 residents left in Kurakhovo who do not want to evacuate despite the brutal shelling and destruction in the city due to the aggressive actions of the Russian army. By 2022, more than 18,000 residents lived here.
Points of attention
- 800 residents remain in Kurakhovo, representing only 4% of the former population, despite the city being heavily destroyed by Russian shelling.
- Civilians in Kurakhovo refuse to evacuate and are staying in basements with food stocks, facing a looming threat of capture by Russian troops.
- Military experts predict a potential attack on Kurakhovo in the near future, with the city already 50-60% surrounded by hostile forces.
- The region faces severe humanitarian challenges, with 106 front-line settlements in Donetsk lacking basic necessities like electricity, gas, and water.
- The situation in Kurakhovo is volatile, with conflicting assessments on the potential outcomes and actions of the Ukrainian and Russian forces in the region.
4% of the pre-war population remained in Kurakhovo
Almost 2,900 civilians remain in the Kurakhiv community. In particular, 800 in Kurakhovo itself.
This was announced by the head of the Donetsk regional military administration, Vadym Filashkin.
According to Filashkin, about 800 civilians remain in the city and have no desire to evacuate. They stocked up on food kits and medicines.
They are located in the basement. The enemy completely destroyed almost 70 percent of the city.
Vadim Filashkin
Head of Donetsk OVA
It is also known that 750 people remain in Toretsk, and 304 in Chasovoy Yar. It is difficult to deliver humanitarian aid to these people.
He noted that currently 106 front-line settlements in the Donetsk region do not have electricity, gas, or water. The remaining territories of the region are ready for the heating season.
The situation at the front in the Kurakhovo area
The situation at the front in the Kurakhovo region of Donetsk region has recently become significantly more complicated.
Military and political commentator Oleksandr Kovalenko previously suggested that the Armed Forces of Ukraine may be forced to leave Kurakhove, but this will be the result of a significant depletion of the Russian army's forces.
At the same time, military expert and former SBU employee Ivan Stupak predicts that Kurakhov's capture by Russian troops may happen in the near future — before the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president, and possibly even earlier. According to the latest data, the city is already 50-60% surrounded.
