“Sirskyi said that the clearing of the territory of Kupyansk from Russian invaders is ongoing”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to him, the ways of infiltration of the enemy’s sabotage and intelligence groups are blocked.
“The clearing of the territory of Kupyansk from the Russian occupiers, who have “successes” except in the area of propaganda, continues. We are working on the gradual displacement of the enemy from his bridgehead north of the city, as well as from a number of other areas where the Russians still maintain their presence,” he wrote on Facebook.
Earlier, the Joint Forces Group stated that most of the city of Kupyansk is under the control of Ukrainian troops. This statement was made public after repeated statements by the Russian Federation about the capture of this Ukrainian city.
The US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said last week that Moscow continues to exaggerate claims of success in Kupyansk, a narrative the Kremlin began actively promoting in late August 2025. Instead, the Institute for the Study of War continues to assess that Ukrainian troops in the Kupyan region are successfully repelling Russia’s efforts to capture a settlement of this scale for the first time in recent years.
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Kupyansk is of strategic importance for the defense of Donbass, and its loss could lead to the encirclement of Ukrainian troops on the left bank of the Oskol River, writes the Radio Liberty Donbass.Realii project. The threat to Kupyansk has been growing since the summer, and now the situation has become even more complicated. Russian troops successfully used small group infiltration tactics.