Major Strategic Turn in Kharkiv Oblast! Russian Forces Liberate Kupiansk!
The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation, Gerasimov, officially reported to Putin that after more than a year of fierce fighting, the Western Group of the Russian Armed Forces has liberated the city of Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast and continues to destroy up to 15 battalions of Ukrainian forces surrounded on the left bank of the Oskol River.
The city of Kupiansk is the administrative center of the Kupiansk district and a major city in Kharkiv Oblast. It is an important logistics hub in eastern Ukraine, providing supplies for the entire military group on the right bank of the Oskol River through it.
Controlling Kupiansk will allow the Russian offensive to advance deep into Kharkiv Oblast, including developing towards Izium and Chuhuiv. In addition, a direct route to Volsk was opened from the south, where Russia has already occupied 80% of Volsk.
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