Throughout December 23, Russian troops attempted to break through the urban development of Kurakhovo.
Points of attention
- Ukrainian military successfully repelled Russian army attempts to break through to Kurakhovo, preventing disruption of logistics and destruction of urban development.
- Ongoing efforts include search and destruction of assault group remnants and repelling multiple enemy assault actions in different directions.
- Russian occupiers changed tactics near Kurakhovo, focusing on cutting off logistics and deliberately destroying urban buildings with the help of 'suicide bombers'.
- The enemy suffered significant losses in various areas, with casualties and equipment destruction observed in multiple assault actions.
- The occupiers have abandoned frontal assault tactics in favor of disrupting transportation arteries and causing devastation through strategic targeting of buildings.
Assault groups of the Russian army were unable to break through to Kurakhovo
This was stated on TV by the spokesman for the Khortytsia municipal district administration, Nazar Voloshyn.
High enemy activity remains in the Kurakhiv direction. There, the Defense Forces repelled 32 enemy assault actions. The urban development of Kurakhiv and the areas of Petropavlivka, Sontsivka, Stary Terni and Dachny suffered. Here, enemy assault groups attempted to break through our defenses.
Nazar Voloshyn
Spokesperson of the Khortytsia Municipal Administrative District
The spokesman assured that the occupiers were not successful, but continue to accumulate forces and means for further attacks. About 100 occupiers were killed and wounded in the past day.
Over the past day, the enemy tried to improve its tactical position, conducting offensive operations in the areas of Kindrashivka, Petropavlivka, Kolisnykivka, and Lozova in the Kupyansk direction, where 19 enemy attacks took place.
In addition, intense fighting continues in the urban areas of Chasiv Yar and Toretsk, where the enemy carried out 9 and 18 assault actions, respectively, over the past day. Also, enemy assault groups are trying to break through the defenses in the areas of Zeleny, Dachensky, Shevchenko, Novoelizavetivka and Novoolenivka in the Pokrovsky direction, where 30 assault actions were recorded.
In this direction (Pokrovsky direction — ed.), the enemy suffered losses over the past day — over 200 occupiers were recorded killed and over 200 more wounded. One infantry fighting vehicle, three pieces of automotive equipment were also destroyed, and several tanks were damaged.
According to him, in the Vremiv direction, the enemy carried out 35 assaults near the areas of Novodarivka, Rozlyv, Kostiantynopolske, Rozdolne, Storozhevo, and Velyka Novoselka. Currently, measures are underway to search, identify, and destroy the remnants of enemy assault groups that tried to penetrate the brigades' defenses.
Russian occupiers changed tactics near Kurakhove
Russian troops in the Kurakhiv direction have abandoned the tactics of frontal assaults, instead trying to cut off the logistics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and deliberately destroying urban buildings.
This was stated on TV by the spokesman for the Khortytsia municipal district administration, Nazar Voloshyn.
Fighting continues in the urban areas of Toretsk, Kurakhovo, and Chasovoy Yar. The occupiers have abandoned the tactic of storming settlements head-on. They are trying to block transport arteries and cut off logistics from our defenders.
According to him, the occupiers are also deliberately destroying urban buildings with the help of "suicide bombers."
It has already been confirmed that in the Kurakhiv direction and in the city of Kurakhiv itself, they have invented and are using this tactic: they find “suicide bombers” who take anti-tank mines with them and, trying to break through the fire of our defenders, throw these mines into buildings. In this way, they destroy the city’s buildings and cause devastation.
