According to TASS, this country’s forces have just taken control of Petropavlivka, a village located between the cities of Pokrovsk and Kurakhove, which has been the focus of fighting in recent months. Russia also captured Vremivka, a small town located further south of Donetsk, and the village of Vozdvyzhenka, also in the province.
Russian forces bypassed key points, attempting to cut off Ukraine’s supply
Ukraine has not commented on the above information, only saying that fighting is fierce near the important city of Pokrovsk. Reuters quoted spokesman Viktor Trehubov of the Khortytsya force of the Ukrainian army as confirming that the Russian side had not yet entered Pokrovsk. Pokrovsk is a transportation hub and the only place with a coke mine in the entire territory of Ukraine.
Russian fighter jets operated in Kursk on January 19
Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense
On the same day, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that units used high-precision weapons to attack Ukrainian military facilities, in response to Ukraine firing a series of ATACMS missiles (Army Combat Missile System). American-made technology) recently entered Belgorod, southern Russia. In a related development, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on January 18 that Berlin may consider deploying forces to participate in a peacekeeping mission to monitor a ceasefire agreement, if there is one between Russia and Ukraine, according to the newspaper. Suddeutsche Zeitung reported.
