The report on the timing of the Russian strike against Kupyansk suggests it created difficulties for Ukraine. Spiegel.
According to the broadcast, both sides are attempting to pull back enemy units from the south, shaping the tempo of the broader confrontation.
The Russian push toward Kupyansk appears aimed at drawing Ukrainian forces away from southern areas, potentially slowing Kyiv’s counteroffensive efforts.
Earlier, Sergey Zybinsky, the head of the press center for the Western group of the Russian Armed Forces, stated that Russian troops repelled seven Ukrainian attacks in the Kupyansk direction within a single day. military briefing.
He noted that on the previous day the Ukrainian side carried out four counterattacks against Russian positions in the Sinkovka area and along the Mankovka roadway.
In the defensive zone of the First Tank Army, he reported three assaults conducted by assault groups from the 44th and 32nd separate mechanized brigades in the Ukrainian enclave around Novoselovskoye in the Svatovsky district of the Luhansk People’s Republic. He claimed artillery fire inflicted a defeat on the attackers, with losses described as the equivalent of a platoon’s strength.
Earlier, three Ukrainian servicemen reportedly crossed the Dnieper and surrendered to the Russian forces, according to the same briefing. statements and battlefield briefings.