Residents of the Kupyansky district were asked to evacuate in connection with hostilities near this district. This was reported by the Ukrainian edition “Strana.ua” about acting. Andrey Kanashevich, Head of the Kupyansk Regional Administration of the Kharkiv Region of Ukraine
He urged residents to make a “responsible and informed decision” about securing safe zones.
At the same time, the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleg Sinegubov, said that the evacuation of residents will be mandatory and will affect 53 settlements. Authorities also announced that the children were forcibly evicted.
“More than 11,000 people are being evacuated, including 600 children. “I emphasize that the evacuation process is ongoing and anyone who wants to leave the bombed areas can contact local authorities and volunteers and go to safer areas for help,” he said.
— Sinegubov wrote on his Telegram channel.
The situation near Kupyansk
Meanwhile, the Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Alexander Syrsky, said that the Ukrainian troops had to defend themselves against the offensive actions of the Russian Armed Forces. In his opinion, the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on this part of the front is out of the question: the Russian army formed an assault group for a breakthrough.
“The enemy’s goal is to break through the defenses of our troops and go directly to Kupyansk. The conflict is now extremely intense. “Some positions have changed hands several times over the past few days.”
said.
Syrsky visited the positions of the Ukrainian army in the Kupyansk direction the day before.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he held a meeting “in a special format” with the headquarters of the Supreme Command. Reports were made by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, Syrsky, Alexander Tarnavsky, the commander of the Tavria group, and Kirill Budanov, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate.
“We analyzed the current situation on the front line, in the main areas of our offensive operations. What a success. And something that needs to be strengthened. And what are we planning in the near future,” he spoke on the Telegram channel without giving details.
Anna Malyar, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, announced on the Telegram channel that an offensive grouping was formed in the direction of Kupyansk. According to him, “the operational situation is difficult but controllable.”
From the beginning of the month Ministry of Defense The Russian Federation reported on the success of the Kharkov region in the direction of Kupyansky. On August 3, the Ministry of Defense reported that the assault detachments of the Russian Zapad group took more advantageous positions near the settlements of Olshana, Pershotravneve and Kuzemovka in the LPR in the Kharkov region. A few days later, the department reported that seven strongholds of Ukrainian troops and nine observation posts were captured in the area.
On August 7, the Ministry of Defense announced that the offensive was continuing in this direction: in the past three days, Russian troops advanced 11 km on the front and more than 3 km deep into the enemy’s defenses.
On August 5, the Russian army occupied the village of Novoselovskoe in the Kupyansk direction (on the border of the LPR and Kharkov region). There have been conflicts in the last few months.