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Ukrainian troops are holding the western part of Kurakhove and continue fighting on the town's outskirts despite the Russian capture of the town.

January 8, 2025 Kurakhove, Donetsk Oblast

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Kyiv Post UNIAN Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent

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Entities

Ukrainian troops (military_unit) Khortytsia army unit (military_unit) Viktor Trehubov (person) Kurakhove (location) Russian 8th Combined Arms Army (Southern Military District) (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Khartsyzk (location) Viktor Tregubov (person) 79th Airborne Assault Brigade (military_unit) Orest Drmalovskyi (person) Ukrainian Defense Forces (military_unit) Kurakhovo-Zaporizhzhia highway (location) Ukrainian drone operators (military_unit) Russian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Andrii Kramarov (person) 8th Guards Combined Arms Army (military_unit) Toretsk (location) Novavasylivka (location) Slavyanka (location) Neskuchnoye (location) Yantarne (location) Russian 8th Combined Arms Army (military_unit) Ukrainian General Staff (organization) 8th Combined Arms Army (military_unit) Southern Military District (organization) Russian guided glide bombs (weapon_system) Pokrovsk (location) Civilians (person) Russia (organization) 155th "Anne of Kyiv" Brigade (military_unit) Ukraine's Armed Forces (organization) Russia's 8th Combined Arms Army (military_unit) Donetsk Oblast (location) Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces (organization)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian troops holding western part of Kurakhove and fighting on outskirts

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Russians using scorched-earth tactics to completely destroy Kurakhove

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

There is currently no talk of encirclement, even operational, of Ukrainian Defense Forces south of Kurakhove. Defense units are doing everything possible to prevent a dangerous situation.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces struck Russian 8th CAA command post in Khartsyzk

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Three civilians were injured during Russian attacks against the front-line town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:57:12.000Z

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