Overview
- The commander with the call sign Lavrik from the 121st regiment of the 68th Motor Rifle Division says his detachment is conducting block-by-block clearing operations in Kupiansk.
- He reports that 25 buildings were taken in the past 24 hours and estimates roughly 130 remain to be cleared on the right bank of the Oskil River.
- He cites progress on three streets in the western part of the city, saying fighters cleared nine buildings on Pervaya Zapadnaya, four on Levadny Vyezd, and three on Sinkovskaya.
- He says adjacent units seized nine additional buildings at the city’s feed mill complex.
- He claims drone operators destroyed five Ukrainian pickups on the approaches to the city during attempts to relieve encircled forces.