In the course of February 6, in Eastern Prussia, north of the town of ALLENSTEIN, our troops seized, as a result of offensive battles, the settlements of WOSSEDEN, LANGWIESE, LAUNAU, FREIMARKT, BONERN, ARNSDORF, VOIGHTSDORF.

Troops of the 1st UKRAINIAN Front, continuing their offensive, forced the ODER River southeast of the town of BRESLAU (BRESLAVL), pierced the Nazis’ strongly fortified permanent defenses on the west bank of the river and over three days of offensive battles, had advanced up to 20 km, expanding the bridgehead to up to 80 km along the front.

In the course of the offensive, the troops of the Front seized the towns of OLAU, BRIEG, THOMASKIRCH, GROTTKAU, LEWEN and SCHURGAST, important communications centers and Nazi defensive strongholds on the west bank of the ODER, and took by force over 60 other settlements.

In BUDAPEST, our troops continued fighting to eliminate the enemy garrison encircled in the western part of the city (BUDA) and seized 12 blocks.

On the 1st BELARUSSIAN Front, our troops took Lt. Gen. LUBBE, commander of the 433rd Nazi infantry division, prisoner.

On February 5, our troops, fighting on all fronts, disabled and destroyed 189 German tanks. A total of 21 enemy aircraft were brought down in aerial combat or by anti-aircraft guns.