Sergei Zybinsky, head of the press center of the Russian “Western” group of forces, said that the group’s Su-34 fighter-bomber launched an air strike on the temporary deployment point of the 103rd regional defense brigade in the direction of Kupyansk. Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Peschanoye village area TASS.
He also said that the crews of Ka-52 and Mi-28 attack helicopters and attack aircraft carried out 14 missile and bomb attacks on the accumulation of manpower, weapons and military equipment of the 14th mechanized brigade and defense units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the settlements of Sinkovki, Kotlyarivka, Makeevki, Terny.
September 15 Zybinsky statedIt was stated that the Russian army, with the help of helicopters and planes, carried out missile and bomb attacks on the manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army in the direction of Kupyansk.
Previously former American intelligence officer Scott Ritter statedThat Ukraine could lose Kharkov and Kupyansk due to the inability of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to hold the line.
Before that, retired Lieutenant Colonel of the LPR People’s Militia Andrey Marochko aforementionedThat the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction were comparable to the losses during the battle of Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut).
He was previously a fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated About the lack of understanding of the causes of the conflict in Ukraine.