Zelenskyi held a meeting in Kharkiv region: it was about protection against anti-aircraft fire, providing light and evacuation

President Volodymyr Zelenskyi held a meeting on security and social issues in Kharkiv region.

“Held a meeting on security and social issues. Protection of Kharkiv Oblast from KABs, provision of heat and light, evacuation of people. The operational situation, the needs of our brigades and the increase of their capabilities with regard to drones and EW,” the head of state noted.

He added that “in the Kupyan region, he awarded the best sergeants from the operational-tactical group “Starobilsk” with state awards.”

On November 18, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi visited Pokrovsk in Donetsk region and Kupyansk in Kharkiv region.

Last week there were reports that a small number of Russian troops were able to enter Kupyansk, but the Center for Strategic Communications of the Ukrainian Armed Forces denied them, noting that the city is fully under the control of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, and Ukrainian soldiers stopped the enemy’s advance on Kupyansk.

At the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russian forces were already occupying Kupyansk. But in September 2022, the city was liberated from Russian troops.

Currently, in the Kharkiv region, hostilities continue in two directions – in the north of the region and in the Kupyansk region.

At the end of October, the head of the Kupyan city military administration, Andriy Besedin, said on Espresso that Russian troops were 2.5-3 kilometers away from the city.