Day 803: 6 May 2024
Today, there are a lot of updates from the Kurakhove direction, Donetsk Oblast.
Here, Ukrainian forces decided to withdraw from Novomykhailivka after months of fierce resistance due to the intense Russian pressure on the settlement.
The battle for this settlement has been ongoing since the end of autumn, and it has become the location of one of the largest graveyards of enemy equipment of this war.
Novomykhailivka, a small village with barely 1500 inhabitants prior to the conflict, became one of the highest priorities of the Russians on the entire front line since it became an immediate step on their way to Kostiantynivka, an essential logistic node located on the P0532 road, and from which Vuhledar is logistically supplied. In turn, Vuhledar, one of the Ukrainian strongholds still resisting Russian attacks, is located at the apex between the north-south and east-west front lines, and additionally is the closest point to …
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