Original sentence: During the first half of January, Soviet troops made repeated attempts to eliminate the Nikopol-Krivoy Rog enemy group, but because of the stubborn resistance of German troops did not achieve success.Kryvyi Rih () or Krivoy Rog ( ) is a city in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine; it is the 8th most populous city in the country.Kryvyi Rih was almost totally destroyed by the fleeing German Army during Nikopol–Krivoy Rog Offensive.The Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic, founded on 12 February 1918, became a self-declared republic of the Russian SFSR and sought independence from Ukraine.Ukrainian national liberation movement in Krivoy Rog was organized by marching groups OUN
Edited sentence: During the first half of January, Soviet troops made repeated attempts to eliminate the Nikopol-Kryvyi Rih enemy group, but because of the stubborn resistance of German troops did not achieve success.Kryvyi Rih () is a city in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine; it is the 8th most populous city in the country.Kryvyi Rih was almost totally destroyed by the fleeing German Army during Nikopol–Kryvyi Rih Offensive.The Donetsk–Kryvyi Rih Republic, founded on 12 February 1918, became a self-declared republic of the Russian SFSR and sought independence from Ukraine.Ukrainian national liberation movement in Kryvyi Rih was organized by marching groups OUN