Fight for Kurakhove: Ukraine starts offensive against Russia!

Fight for Kurakhove: Ukraine starts offensive against Russia!

on 1,049. Day of the Russian invasion in Ukraine there are dramatic developments!

The situation in Ukraine remains tense and explosive! On Wednesday, January 8, the Ukrainian armed forces report violent fights in the strategically important city of Kurakhove, which Russia allegedly conquered. Moscow celebrates this victory as a crucial step to get control of the entire eastern Ukraine faster. But the Ukrainian troops do not give up and continue to fight!

In a breathtaking turning point, Ukraine also launched new offensive actions in western courses. This is the first substantial report since the reports of a new Ukrainian advance in this region. According to the Ukrainian general staff, there have been an incredible 218 battles on all fronts in the last 24 hours! In the Kursk region alone, the Ukrainian armed forces were able to ward off 94 Russian attacks. Impressive proof of the resistance of Ukraine!

intensive struggles and strategic attacks

The Russian Minister of Defense reported that her troops had carried out targeted attacks on Ukrainian units in the Kursk region. They stated six locations where Ukrainian brigades were defeated, and seven more, including an attack on Ukrainian troops and equipment. But the Ukrainian army strikes back! She reported a precise blow against a Russian military command post near Belaya.

The situation in eastern Ukraine is alarming! According to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the Russian armed forces now control around 71 percent of the city of Toretsk. This development follows for several weeks of intensive Russian offensive. The situation is critical and the civilian population suffers from the consequences of the fights. Hundreds of people, including children, were killed or injured in the first week of January, according to the United Nations.

Humanitarian crisis and regional security

The civilian population is under immense pressure! In the past three days, numerous residential buildings, gas and electricity infrastructures have been damaged in several front regions. In some parts of Ukraine, the temperatures fell below freezing, which further increases the health risks for civilians. In the Cherson region alone, more than 60 residential buildings were damaged!

In the meantime, there are also worrying developments in regional security. Sweden mobilized his navy to recover the anchor of a suspected Russian "shadow fleet" oil tanker, which is suspected of damaging telecommunications and power cables on the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Finland recently confiscated the tanker Eagle S, which is suspected of having damaged the Estlink 2 current line and several telecommunications cables.

The political tensions also increase! Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will talk to representatives of the European Commission on Thursday about the end of the Russian gastransit by Ukraine. In the meantime, the designated US President Donald Trump claimed that President Joe Biden has changed Washington's attitude to Ukraine's NATO membership. Another sign of the complex geopolitical location!

The situation remains tense and developments in Ukraine are of the greatest importance for the entire region. The world looks forward to the events, while the fights continue and the humanitarian crisis intensifies.

-transmitted by West-Ost-Medien