INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kyivs army stated on Tuesday it was sticking on to part of Kurakhove, a strategic town in Ukraines east that Russia said it had taken the
previous day.Moscow hailed the capture of the essential logistics hub, stating it would make it possible for Russian forces to take the
rest of the eastern Donetsk region at an accelerated rate
But the Ukrainian army stated Tuesday fighting was still continuous on the fringes of the town and accused Russia of using scorched-earth
methods to entirely ruin it
Ukrainian soldiers are hanging on in the western part of the town, on the western outskirts of the town, Victor Tregubov, a spokesperson
for Ukraines Khortytsia army unit, which is fighting in the area, said in an interview on national TV.A large part of the town has actually
been ruined , he said, including that Russians were grinding through the area, clearing the town building by structure
They are actually trying to take apart the town brick by brick, Tregubov said.He declared Ukraine was causing losses on them so that they
Kurakhove had a pre-conflict population of around 18,000 people
It is home to a power station, is located near a tank and has a significant lithium deposit.Tregubov said Ukraine still controlled the power
plant.Russias troops have been advancing in the eastern Donetsk region which Moscow claimed to have actually annexed in 2022 for months.Both
sides are attempting to protect fresh area ahead of United States President-elect Donald Trump going back to office later on this month.The
Republican has promised to bring quick peace to the nearly three-year war however has not described a concrete plan.Russia said Ukraine
released a fresh counter-attack in its Kursk border area over the weekend, 5 months after Kyivs army initially took dozens of settlements
in a shock cross-border offensive.Elsewhere on the cutting edge, both sides reported civilian deaths in the southern Kherson region part of
which is occupied by Russian forces.A 62-year-old guy was killed when a Russian drone dropped explosives on his car, the Ukrainian governor
of the region Oleksandr Prokudin stated on social media.And Russian state media priced quote a Moscow-installed authorities as stating
Ukrainian shelling killed one person in the town of Oleshki, under Russias control.
