The timing of the Russian attack on Kupyansk was reported to be unfavorable for Ukraine. Der Spiegel.
According to the broadcast, both sides are trying to withdraw enemy troops from the south.
The Russian offensive on Kupyansk is for Kiev to withdraw troops from the south, which should slow down the course of the counterattack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Previously, the head of the press center of the RF Armed Forces “Western” grouping, Sergey Zybinsky declarationHe said that the Russian army repelled seven attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (APU) in the direction of Kupyansk in one day.
According to him, the last day the Ukrainian side carried out four counterattacks on the positions of the Russian troops in the region of the village of Sinkovka and the Mankovka road.
He added that in the defensive zone of the First Tank Army, three attacks were carried out by the assault groups of the 44th and 32nd separate mechanized brigades in the enemy’s Novoselovskoye enclave (Svatovsky district of the LPR). : “The artillery of the group suffered a fire defeat, their losses were the strength of a platoon.”
Previously, three fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine swim across He surrendered to the Dnieper and the RF Armed Forces.