Overview

• Russia’s Defense Ministry says its Western Military Group now controls 5,667 of 8,667 buildings in the frontline city.
• Ukraine’s General Staff reports the urban area remains largely under Ukrainian control with heavy street fighting continuing.
• Kupyansk’s transport links make it strategically significant, potentially enabling pushes toward Izyum and Chuhuiv if control is secured.
• Reporting describes widespread urban destruction with roughly 800 civilians still sheltering in the city.
• Kupyansk had more than 26,000 residents before the war and was under Russian control from late February to mid‑September 2022.