Russian forces have fully approached Kupiansk! On the east bank of the Osyka River, Russian forces have entered Petro Pavlivka and cleared a 100-square-kilometer Ukrainian military fortification area to the east of the town.
The Ukrainian forces have the strongest defense on the east bank of the Osyka River. Especially in the village of Sinkivka north of Petro Pavlivka, which was fought from late 2022 to mid-2024, it took the Russians one and a half years to break through a single village. Now, the 153rd Tank Regiment of the 47th Guards Tank Division of the Moscow Military District, under the protection of the 288th Artillery Brigade of the 1st Tank Army and the 147th Artillery Regiment of the 2nd Motorized Rifle Division, has finally captured the surrounding positions of Petro Pavlivka and entered the town. These "Imperial Guards" are actually deployed very little on the Ukraine-Russia battlefield, with only about one-third of their personnel... most of the troops are stationed on the western front, even entering Belarus to guard against NATO.
Some analysts say that part of the Ukrainian forces in this area were moved to the direction of Red Army City, hence the loss. Obviously, as the Russian full-scale offensive becomes more intense, the Ukrainian forces are forced to move troops around to plug the leaks, leading to an increasingly severe situation of being stretched thin.
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