Russia Says It Captures Kurakhove in Eastern Ukraine

Residents and bomb squad members stand in front of a house destroyed by yesterday's Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Chernihiv, Ukraine January 4, 2025. REUTERS/Maksym Kishka
Residents and bomb squad members stand in front of a house destroyed by yesterday's Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Chernihiv, Ukraine January 4, 2025. REUTERS/Maksym Kishka
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Russia Says It Captures Kurakhove in Eastern Ukraine

Residents and bomb squad members stand in front of a house destroyed by yesterday's Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Chernihiv, Ukraine January 4, 2025. REUTERS/Maksym Kishka
Residents and bomb squad members stand in front of a house destroyed by yesterday's Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Chernihiv, Ukraine January 4, 2025. REUTERS/Maksym Kishka

Russian forces have seized control of Kurakhove, a town in Ukraine's Donetsk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.
Gaining control over Kurakhove "has significantly hampered the logistics and technical support" of Ukrainian troops, the ministry said.
Kurakhove lies 32 km (20 miles) south of Pokrovsk, an important Ukrainian logistics hub towards which Russia has been advancing for months.



Over 12,300 Civilians Killed since Start of Ukraine War, UN says

A woman reacts at the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine, December 20, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
A woman reacts at the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine, December 20, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
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Over 12,300 Civilians Killed since Start of Ukraine War, UN says

A woman reacts at the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine, December 20, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
A woman reacts at the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine, December 20, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

More than 12,300 civilians have been killed in the Ukraine war since Russia invaded nearly three years ago, a UN official said on Wednesday, noting higher casualties in recent months amid the use of drones, long-range missiles and glide bombs, according to Reuters.

"Russian armed forces intensified their operations to capture further territory in eastern Ukraine, with a severe impact on civilians in frontline areas, particularly in the Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions," Nada Al-Nashif, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a statement, referring to developments since September 2024.

"We are deeply concerned by the impacts on civilians of the increased use of drones and the use of new weapons," she added, referring in part to Russia's use of highly destructive guided bombs or glide bombs in residential areas.