[Korrespondent] Fighting continues in Kurakhovo.
Ukrainian troops continue to destroy Russian manpower and equipment, causing damage and hindering the enemy's advance.
Russian occupation forces are trying to "take apart stone by stone" the development of Kurakhovo in the Donetsk region. The Defense Forces are holding out in the western part of the city, Major Viktor Tregubov, spokesman for the Operational-Strategic Group of Forces Khortitsa, said on the air of the national telethon.
"The Russians are simply trying to destroy all the houses, even the low-rise ones in the city. When the city is completely destroyed, there is simply nowhere to hold a defense, because there are practically no fortifications.
Any house is a fortification, if there are no houses, if the earth is simply scorched, then it is impossible to hold a defense there. At present, the situation in Kurakhovo is really difficult, because a significant part of the city has been destroyed. Ukrainian troops are holding on in the western part of the city, on its western outskirts. Including holding the power plant, which is in the city," he noted.
At the same time, the officer emphasized that Ukrainian troops continue to destroy Russian manpower and equipment, causing damage and hindering the enemy’s advance.
Let us recall that earlier Tregubov stated that the operational-strategic group of troops Khortitsa has no information about the capture of the settlement of Lozovaya in the Izyum district of the Kharkiv region by Russian troops. He said this on television.