In an interview with the commander of the BARS-9 “Bear” detachment of the Russian group of forces “Western” he said: RIA NewsHe said that the Ukrainian military command is preparing to defend the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkov region. He showed images of this settlement taken using a drone.
“These high-rise buildings are Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, our landmark is the church and the main district in the city,” the soldier said.
According to him, the strength of the Ukrainian army “is already exhausted, the strength of the summer offensives is exhausted, they are only preparing for defense.”
As “Bear” stated, there are no civilians in this region anymore. He noted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces made attempts to build fortifications in this area, but most of them were destroyed by aviation, long-range artillery and multiple launch rocket systems.
October 8, Sergei Zybinsky, head of the press center of the Western group of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation reportedRussian attack helicopters Ka-52, Mi-28 and attack planes carried out 12 missile and bomb attacks on Ukrainian Armed Forces’ concentrations in the Kupyansk direction in the last 24 hours.
Previously former American intelligence officer Scott Ritter aforementionedThat Ukraine could lose Kharkov and Kupyansk due to the inability of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to hold the line.
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.