Russian Troops In Kurakhove: "Hiding In Building Crevices Like Rats, Cockroaches"

The battle for Kurakhove has heated up as Russian attacks on Pokrovsk continue to falter. 

While western media are now making ominous predictions about the dire implications of Kurakhove's "imminent" demise, the reality on the ground appears to favor the Ukrainian defenders. JL

Valentyna Romanenko reports in Ukraine Pravda:

Heavy fighting continues in the city of Kurakhove in Donetsk Oblast. The city’s urban area serves both as shelter for the Russians and, ultimately, as their final resting place. "The enemy outnumbers us. The occupiers are moving like ants, squeezing into crevices like cockroaches and hiding in buildings like rats. It falls to the paratroopers of the 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade to root them out." 

Heavy fighting continues on the entire Kurakhove front and in the city of Kurakhove in Donetsk Oblast.

Source: Communications Department of the 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade; press service for the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces (UAF)

Details: At the same time, the paratroopers emphasise their relentless efforts to defeat the Russian troops. The city’s urban area serves both as shelter for the Russians and, ultimately, as their final resting place.

Quote: "The enemy outnumbers us; there are truly many of them. The occupiers are moving like ants, squeezing into crevices like cockroaches and hiding in buildings like rats. It falls to the paratroopers of the 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade to root them out from every corner. Drone operators work tirelessly, while engineers barely manage to prepare new vehicles to take to the skies and clear the area of these swarms of Russian invaders."