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Ukraine\u2019s general staff says it is conducting new offensives in the Russian border region of Kursk
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Ukraine’s army has said it is clinging on to part of Kurakhove<\/a>, a strategic town in Ukraine<\/a>‘s eastern region of Donetsk that Russia<\/a> claims to have captured<\/a>.
The Ukrainian army accused Russia of using scorched-earth tactics to “completely destroy” it.
“Ukrainian troops are holding on in the western part of the town, on the western outskirts of the town,” Victor Tregubov, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s Khortytsia army unit, which is fighting in the area, said in an interview on national TV. “They are actually trying to dismantle the town brick by brick,” Mr Tregubov said.
It comes as Russia has suffered heavy losses in five months of fighting Ukrainian forces in its border Kursk<\/a> region, with nearly 15,000 of Vladimir Putin<\/a>\u2019s troops killed, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> has claimed.
\u201cDuring the Kursk operation<\/a>, the enemy has already lost 38,000 of their soldiers… with nearly 15,000 of these losses being irreversible,\u201d Mr Zelensky said. Ukraine launched its surprise incursion inside Russia\u2019s Kursk in August last year.
Over the weekend, Ukrainian soldiers renewed their offensive<\/a> in a bid to gain as much territory as possible before Donald Trump<\/a> enters office in Washington.
Russian military commentators are \u2018worried\u2019 about the multipronged Ukrainian attack in the border region
Editorial: If the last 25 years have taught us anything, it is exactly who the Russian president is \u2013 and what he is capable of
The Ukrainian air force said on Monday that it shot down two Kh-59 cruise missiles
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will discuss the end of Russian gas transit through Ukraine with representatives of the European Commission on 9 January in Brussels, Slovakia\u2019s government office said on Tuesday.
Supplies through Ukraine stopped on 1 January after a transit agreement between Ukraine and Russia expired, but Fico had been keen to continue receiving Russian gas through that route and threatened to retaliate against Ukraine for what he said were large economic losses for Slovakia.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian military said on Tuesday its forces were commencing new offensive operations in Russia\u2019s western Kursk region.
The general staff also said on Telegram that Ukrainian troops had hit a Russian command post in the region on Tuesday.
\u201cThe strike and a series of recent operations… were coordinated with the Ukrainian Ground Forces who are currently commencing new offensive operations,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

Crisis has aided the Russian strongman\u2019s regime stability far more than any index of economic success, writes Mark Almond
Editorial: Almost three years after Putin\u2019s invasion, it almost beggars belief that cheap energy from Russia was still being piped across war-ravaged Ukraine into Europe. Stopping it has triggered another global price spiral, and may yet have dire political consequences \u2013 but EU leaders cannot afford to maintain this habit
Kyiv’s army has said it is clinging on to part of Kurakhove, a strategic town in Ukraine’s eastern region of Donetsk that Russia claims to have captured.
The Ukrainian army said Tuesday fighting was still ongoing on the fringes of the town and accused Russia of using scorched-earth tactics to “completely destroy” it.
“Ukrainian troops are holding on in the western part of the town, on the western outskirts of the town,” Victor Tregubov, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s Khortytsia army unit, which is fighting in the area, said in an interview on national TV.
A “large part of the town has been destroyed”, he said, adding that Russians were grinding through the area, clearing the town building by building.
“They are actually trying to dismantle the town brick by brick,” Mr Tregubov said.
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