On November 26, troops of the Fourth UKRAINIAN Front, seized in Czechoslovakia the towns of MICHALOVCE and HUMENNE, important enemy communications centers and defensive strongholds, and took by force over 60 other settlements, including HORBOK CZABINA, PAPIN, ZUBNE, SNINA, UDAVSKE, KAMENICA, MYSLINA, VINNE, ZBUDZA, LASTOMIR, BUDKOVCE, BESA, LESLES and the railroad stations of HORBOK, CZABINA, SNINA, CIROCKE DLUHE, BUDKOVCE.

In HUNGARY, our troops seized, as a result of stubborn battles, the town and railroad junction of HATVAN.

Reconnaissance raids and local fighting in a number of areas were reported on the other sections of the front.

On November 25, our troops disabled and destroyed 22 enemy tanks on all fronts. Twelve enemy aircraft were brought down in air battles or by anti-aircraft fire.

Troops of the Fourth UKRAINIAN Front continued the offensive. Our troops, advancing along a mountain valley, met with strong resistance from the enemy near the large populated area of Snina. The Nazis had created a fortified area here which covered the approaches to the town of Humenne. Following a flanking maneuver along the mountains and a lightning attack from the front, our troops routed the enemy, who had taken up defensive positions in the area of Snina. Despite wet snow and thick fog, the Soviet troops advanced by 20 km and seized the town and railroad junction of Humenne. Other Soviet units, exploiting the offensive, crossed the Laborets River, which had burst its banks after rains, and seized the town of Michalovce – an important railroad and motor road junction. The enemy sustained heavy loses to manpower and materiel. A total of 14 guns, seven trains, 350 railroad cars and other trophies were captured from the enemy. A total of 560 Nazi men and officers were taken prisoner.

In Hungary, our troops seized the town of Hatvan. The enemy had turned this town into a powerful pocket of resistance. The Nazi command had ordered its troops to hold the town of Hatvan at any cost. Moving at night across a locality without roads, our cavalrymen made a flanking maneuver, seized the bridge across the Zadva River and cut the enemy garrison’s retreat route. At the same time, Soviet infantry and tanks attacked the Nazis from south and southwest and burst into the town. After stubborn battles, the enemy was routed. The enemy units, leaving arms and equipment behind, tried to escape but were attacked by Soviet cavalry and dispersed on their way. Over one day of battles, up to 1,000 Nazis were eliminated and eight German tanks burnt. A total of 750 German and Hungarian men and officers were taken prisoner.