🏴 Capture

Russian forces captured the town of Kurakhove in Donetsk Oblast, eliminating a Ukrainian salient, though Ukrainian joint forces Khortitsiya maintained that defenses in the area remained viable.

January 11, 2025 Kurakhove, Donetsk

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Kyiv Post UNIAN Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent

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Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Russian forces captured the town of Kurakhove in Donetsk Oblast, eliminating a Ukrainian salient, though Ukrainian joint forces Khortitsiya maintained that defenses in the area remained viable.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russian forces have largely seized the town of Kurakhove.

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Russian forces fully occupied Kurakhove

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Russian forces seized Hryhorivka in Chasiv Yar direction

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi issued an order on Jan. 11 to transfer over 5,000 Air Force personnel to Ground Forces units.

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.153Z

Source story: day-1052-2025-01-12