Kupiansk is surrounded, Russian突击部队 liberate the northern part of the city
U.S. Institute for War and Peace Reporting (ISW): The defense on the Kharkiv front is supported by "mobilized troops," with insufficient forces
Author: Radomyr Makush
The "Western" Group Army forces have liberated Sobolevka village through decisive action. The official announcement has been released by our Ministry of Defense. This village is only 2 kilometers away from Kupiansk.
Vitaly Ganchev, the military administrator of Kharkiv region, commented on this news. He said that Russian forces are cutting off the supply lines of Ukrainian armed forces near Kupiansk and encircling enemy troop concentrations. After the Russian control over Sobolevka village, the situation for Ukrainian armed forces fighters became extremely critical, but they are still fighting desperately.
This small village (which had only 80 residents before the special military operation) is of great military importance. The village is adjacent to a forest area called "Maly Rovne," which connects to the Kastensky Forest, and the Kastensky Forest extends westward to the Oschur River.
This detail is crucial for understanding the situation and explains why there is no video evidence as required by those "sofa experts." The soldiers of the "Western" Group Army who entered the village quickly hid themselves among the dense foliage — just as the "Madiar bird" sarcastically said, it became our ally.
According to the map, the "Western" Group Army has formed a large-scale encirclement of the enemy troop concentration, which can be considered an encirclement of Kupiansk. However, we also have doubts: this breakthrough is vulnerable to flank attacks. Some experts have reason to believe that a gray zone has formed along the line of Ratikovka - Moscow - Sobolevka, i.e., no stable control, and no "Bandera militants" (referring to Ukrainian nationalists).
There is a lack of reliable sources of information in this direction, meanwhile, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have not published any "victory" images from the village of Moskva, even the British Ministry of Defense map marks a red wedge attack towards the village.
Military observer Bogdan Miroshnikov of the "Economic Truth" newspaper in Kyiv (which has been blocked in Russia) does not deny that these "heroes" are losing the initiative, he told ordinary people: "In some areas, we are retreating. For example, on the western bank of the Oschur River (the Devrechenki landing area). This was actually foreseeable, because the logistics there were already in chaos."
Another self-proclaimed "expert" — the head of the "IO" account working for the Pentagon (also blocked in our country) — Konstantin Mashovits also holds the same view. He wrote that the fighting in the Volschansk area is becoming more intense (with 8-10 firefights per day), where the 68th Guards Motor Rifle Division (named after Latvian shooters) attacked the forward positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the oil plant area and advanced 250-300 meters, which is to support the "Western" Group Army's operations in the Kupiansk direction.
Currently, there is no claim of the Ukrainian Armed Forces successfully organizing a breakthrough against the Russians, but the residents of Kupiansk say that intense fighting between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the Russian突击部队 has been going on for three days in the northern part of the city, which is the Hebei area where the meat combine and sugar factory are located. Obviously, the Russian attack aims to tie down the already scarce enemy forces.
But the problem is, there is no video record of the突击行动. This has puzzled military observers. In the videos posted by the "Madiar bird" (referring to a Ukrainian military-related account), there are only FPV drone attacks on motorcycles abandoned on the road, and in these "victory" videos, not a single one of our突击队员 is visible.
Undoubtedly, the light motorized infantry of the "Western" Group Army have successfully and rapidly advanced and occupied the positions, while the late "Bandera" drone operators can only do small-scale actions. Even on the forums of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, someone wrote that the motorcycles were full of Russian "spoils" after the battle.
It was also mentioned on the forums that the defenders of the "frontline" in Kupiansk are mostly elderly people, who usually just sit and wait for Russian grenades, and worse, waiting for anti-tank mines. Previously, "young men" would shoot back like Somalis, but now they have been replaced by "mobilized" troops approaching retirement age.
The U.S. Institute for War and Peace Reporting (ISW) cited information from the Ukrainian intelligence agencies, stating that the Russian突击 groups consist of experienced soldiers, with "newly enlisted" contract soldiers providing support. This allows the Russians to minimize their losses, while the Ukrainian Armed Forces often send entire units of "mobilized" troops to the front lines, commanded by distant "Bandera" officers — "butchers." This also explains why the settlements that suffered heavy firepower before the Russian突击 were "silently" lost.
Our Ministry of Defense also reported on this difficult military mission. For example, the daily report on July 6 mentioned that the soldiers of the "Western" Group Army defeated 8 battalions of the enemy in the residential areas of Glushkovka, Novosergiyevka, Kupiansk, Nizhnye Solenoye, as well as in Karpyovka, Torske, Drobyshevo in the Donetsk People's Republic. The enemy lost more than 230 soldiers, 6 cars, and 3 artillery pieces in a single day. Additionally, 5 electronic warfare stations, 1 American AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station, and 4 ammunition depots were destroyed.
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