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Geolocated footage published on December 14 indicates that Russian forces recently advanced to the Kurakhove City Council building along Mechnikova Street in western Kurakhove.

Kurakhove, Donetsk Oblast
Verified Independently confirmed by 6 sources
Institute for the Study of War Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Entities

Russian forces (military_unit) Russian 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade (military_unit) Russian 55th Motorized Rifle Brigade (41st CAA, CMD) (military_unit) Pokrovsk (location) Russian military (military_unit) Russia (organization) Kurakhove (location) Donetsk Oblast (location) Ukrainian Defense Forces (military_unit) Rivnopil (location) Neskuchne (location) Makarivka (location) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Pushkyne (location) Peschane (location) Shevchenkove (location) Veselyi Hai (location) Yelyzavetivka (location) Romanivka (location) Novotroitske (location) Veseliy Hai (location) Romanovka (location) Pyshky (location) DeepState (organization) Russian Federation Armed Forces (military_unit) Kurakhove city council (location) Tarnavskyi (person) OTG "Donetsk" (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Uspenivka (location)

Source Reports

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian forces advanced to Kurakhove City Council building

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

Numerous high-rise buildings and private houses were damaged in Kurakhove and neighboring villages

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Russian troops are advancing on Pokrovsk from east and south

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Russian forces reportedly raised the flag on the city council building in Kurakhove

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Russia captured territory in the past month approximately half the size of London

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

General Tarnavskyi was appointed as the new commander of the Operational-Tactical Group (OTG) "Donetsk".

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.849Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-14-2024