Kurakhovo Has Fallen: On the Last Day of the Year, Russian Forces Conquer Key Donetsk Logistics Hub With the Last Ukrainian Coking Coal Plant | The Gateway Pundit

2024 ended with a BANG within the Donetsk area, disputed by Russia and Ukraine in among the largest battles since WW2.

On the final day of December, the Russian fifth brigade raised their flag over the Kurakhovo industrial zone, final bastion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces within the metropolis.

They actually ruined the entire New Yr for the Ukrainians.

Three factories within the Kurakhovo industrial zone at the moment are underneath Moscow management.

Watch: Russian troopers raised a flag close to one of many buildings of the pipe plant.

One other video of the Russian flag over Kurakhovo

Russian Armed Forces raised the nationwide flag over the Kurakhovo Thermal Energy Plant, one of many predominant protection factors of the AFU within the metropolis.@ukraine_watch pic.twitter.com/BYvqUfESXB

— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) January 1, 2025

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Kurakhovo was the lynchpin of Ukrainian defenses within the area, and its fall opens the best way for the Russian troops to Pokrovsk, a key logistical hub for Kiev.

The lack of Kurakhovo hurts Kiev from the financial standpoint as properly, for the reason that native coal mining space was the one place underneath Ukrainian management the place coking coal was nonetheless being produced.

The lack of the coal plant kneecaps Ukraine’s metal manufacturing, and subsequently its navy industries.

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Army sources report that these factories have been the final fortified space of the Ukrainian defenders, finishing the conquest of the city.

All that is still is to attend for an official report from the Russian Ministry of Protection.

Kurakhovo, in addition to being a key logistics hub, was the final Ukrainian place for firing artillery shells in direction of Donetsk metropolis. The ten-year siege in opposition to the breakaway regional capital is over.

Watch: Russian forces pound Ukrainian positions throughout the siege of Kurakhovo.

Donetsk Güney:

Kurakhove mevkiinde Rus hava kuvvetleri Ukraynanın Termik santralini FAB atışıyla vurdu. pic.twitter.com/UTw9Eft09v

— Tiger Tugayı ‍☠️ (@eagblack20) November 26, 2024

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