Ukrainian troops reported cut off and possibly surrounded in two villages south of Kurakhove, with the situation described as critical by Ukrainian military sources and criticism directed at Joint Force East for failure to extract personnel.
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Ukrainian troops reported cut off and possibly surrounded in two villages south of Kurakhove, with the situation described as critical by Ukrainian military sources and criticism directed at Joint Force East for failure to extract personnel.
Ukrainian forces recently regained lost positions near Pokrovsk
On December 16, SBU drones attacked artillery and mortar ammunition depots near the village of Markine in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region.
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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.149Z
Source story: day-1-2024-12-16