“At the same time, the “Khortytsia” SDF says that the enemy, who tried to advance, was unsuccessful – he suffered losses and tried to withdraw”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Last day, 28 enemy attacks were repulsed in the direction of Kurakhiv. There the enemy tried to advance. There is information, and we must convey it, that in an effort to improve their position, the enemy attacked our fortifications. Battles are being fought with the enemy on the southeastern outskirts and in the urban development of the southern part of the city of Kurakhove,” he said on the air of the national telethon.
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According to him, the enemy did not succeed – he suffered losses and he tried to withdraw with losses.
Voloshyn also said that as a result of fire damage, fortifications at some Ukrainian positions suffered “critical destruction.”
“Right near the city of Kurakhove and in the direction of Kurakhov, the losses of the enemy for yesterday amounted to about 50 occupiers, 2 units of enemy military equipment were destroyed and six were damaged,” he added.
As reported by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi, as of December 17, the Defense Forces are conducting active combat operations on a section of the front with a total length of more than 1,170 kilometers, the most difficult situation now is in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhiv directions.