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On October 8, the Russian military expanded its control within Kupyansk in Kharkiv after repelling multiple Ukrainian counterattacks.
In its daily briefing, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that the 6th Army of the Zapad [West] Group of Forces inflicted more losses on Kiev forces inside Kupyansk and repelled a counterattack by Ukraine’s 1st National Guard Brigade near Osinovo to the south of the city.
Another attempt to break through close to the destroyed crossing over the Oskol River near Petrovka was thwarted by Russian troops, according to the ministry.
“Over the past 24 hours, up to 55 troops, 18 pieces of weapons and hardware including two armoured fighting vehicles, two U.S.-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery systems, seven pickup trucks, and four electronic warfare stations were neutralised close to Kupyansk,” the ministry said.
In a video released by the ministry later, a commander of the 121st Motorized Rifle Regiment with the call sign “Lavrik” reported more advances in Kupyansk.
“Today, we performed a mission of mopping up Lesya Ukrainka street from enemy troops, liberated the last four buildings. Now, the street is under our control,” Lavrik said.
“We continue to mop up the streets from the AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine): Levadny entry road, Pervaya Zapadnaya, Senkovskaya,” the commander continued.
“Ten enemy soldiers attempting to hold their last positions were neutralised during combat operations. We inflict fire damage on the enemy, who was deployed in a forest belt on the southern outskirts of the city,” he added.
Just a day earlier, Russian media reported additional gains in the eastern outskirts of Kypyansk, with Russian troops approaching Kucherivka.
The Zapad Group of Forces is now in control of most of Kupyansk, with some Russian sources even claiming that the city is 90% under control.
The battle is not over yet, however. Russian military blogger Yury Podolyaka on November 8 described the fighting in Kupyansk as intense, with Kiev forces mounting strong counterattacks to dislodge Russian troops from the city’s right-bank district.
Kiev is attempting to hold onto Kupyansk at all costs because losing control of it will likely lead to a collapse further south along the Oskoil. Still, the Russian military appears to be days away from capturing the entire city.
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kupiansjk is kaput
kupyansk, another cauldron where many ukrainian troops are trapped, western media ignores this region completely.
yes. because they need to maintain the narrative of ukraine allegedly winning. you can’t claim you’re winning when you’re losing that many troops a day
ukraine in border of collapse right?as 4 years ago , how many ice creams do you eat a day with the forehead?just 1.2 m of dead russian soldiers peannuts for vladolf
lol, keep using using unconfirmed numbers mate. ukraine is still losing territory, no matter how many fairy tales you try to tell yourself.
russia lost half its territory to china. hehehe hehehe hehehe hehehe hehehe 😂
let them produce and eat own shit. the more they do it, the less credibility they have — faster they fall. the world is laughing at such morons like george bush and colin powell with his glass tube of flour, sleepy joe, clown boris, faggot macron with “flour” and vondersula with microchips out of washers. trump is part of the same circus. albania and aberbaijan, that was great!
if russia had lost 1.2 million kia, they would not be able to keep an army in the field, and the ukrainians would have won. but the russians have a vast army in the field, fighting only on territory forfeited by the failed ukrainian cia project.
russia lost, and it makes you a loser clyde. hehehe hehehe hehehe 😂
russia is kaput, lost half of the territory to china. hehehe 😂
this one don mad “werey”