The Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky admitted that the situation of the Ukrainian army in the Kupyansk direction has deteriorated. This was reported by the Ukrainian resource Military Media Center.
“As the situation worsened in the Kupyansk direction, I worked most of the day in the defense units on the outskirts of the city,” he said.
Syrsky also noted that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation could block and then “seize” Kupyansk.
On August 16, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, reported that the assault detachments of the RF Armed Forces “Western” unit group were attacked. developed The location “along the front line” of the Kupyansk direction.
Prior to that, the head of the military administration of the Kharkiv region, Oleg Sinegubov, from 9 August evacuated 204 residents against the background of the advance of Russian troops in this direction.
On August 7, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the Russian army had advanced in the direction of Kupyansk in the past three days. developed It was exceeded 11 km along the front and more than three km in the depth of defense of the Ukrainian army.
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