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Russia Reports Advances in Kupiansk as Commander Predicts City Secured Within a Week

A Defense Ministry video features a unit commander giving unverified tallies of buildings cleared and targets struck in the contested city.

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.