OREANDA-NEWS  Units of the Russian Armed Forces are advancing near Kurakhovo, surrounding the city from the western side. Vladimir Rogov, Chairman of the Commission on sovereignty, patriotic projects and support for veterans of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, told TASS about this.

"After the side came under Russian control of the village of Starye Terny, there was a movement from the settlement in the south towards Kurakhovo," Rogov said.

According to him, fighting is taking place in the southern part of the settlement itself, and units of the Russian Armed Forces are advancing to the west.

Earlier it became known that the Kurakhovo — Zaporizhia highway, along which the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) could leave the city, was actually cut by Russian troops. Security sources concluded that the Ukrainian troops had practically no chance to leave the city.