Overview

• RIA Novosti reported on September 23 that Russia’s Defense Ministry attributed more than 1,800 Ukrainian personnel losses to the past month of combat around Kupyansk.
• The ministry’s tally also cited 36 tanks and other armored vehicles, two multiple launch rocket system launchers, and 137 field artillery pieces and mortars destroyed or captured.
• The statement portrays intensified operations in the Kupyansk sector of the Kharkiv front over the past month.
• The reported numbers were presented as official claims and were not corroborated by independent sources at the time of publication.
• Kupyansk is a tactically important logistics hub in Kharkiv region that has seen recurring heavy fighting through 2024–2025.