The fortified industrial city of Kurakhove, Ukraine has fallen to the Russian Army. This was the last fortified city all the way west to the Dnieper River and as such, a staggering defeat for Ukraine.
Today the Russian flag was hoisted over the City, as pictured above. The last fortified area of the Ukraine Armed Forces (UAF) in Kurakhove, consisting of 3 factories including the fortified Soviet-era “Hero” power plant with deep nuclear bunkers and pillboxes, on the west side of the city in the industrial zone, now has the Russian flag flying over it. This was the last position of the UAF from which Donetsk was shelled with barrel artillery for 10 years.
Kurakhove was the primary logistics hub and Artillery Base for Ukrainian attacks on Donetsk since 2014. Ukrainian artillery guns here have fallen silent. The people of Donetsk are finally safe from the vicious…
