They could not go to any village: the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation until the offensive on Kupyansk - WSj
According to journalists, despite the triumphant reports of the Russian state media about the inevitable fall of Kupyansk, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have succeeded. According to the chairman of the Kharkiv Ova Oleg Synigubov, the result of the attacks of the Russians was an increase in the neutral territory, the number of settlements where hostilities are conducted.
"But the Russians have not been able to occupy any new village since September last year and continue to suffer great losses in live power and technology," he said. The publication writes that the villages on the approaches to Kupyansk turned into ruins. In Kupyansk itself, there are less than one fifth pre -war population. Last month, the Ukrainian authorities announced the mandatory evacuation of the city's civilian population due to frequent shelling.
According to the Ukrainian military commanders, due to the losses suffered in recent weeks, the Russians are now regrouping, forming new assault units and replenishing their benches with parts of the recently created 25th General Army. It is reported that Russia uses penalties "Storm Z" on the Kupyansky Front, consisting of recruited recruits.
Some parts were so poorly equipped that only one of the three soldiers had a rifle, and from others it was expected that they would pick up weapons of fallen comrades or seize it as a trophy. "They continue to try to take Kupyansk to the right, to the left, attack massively, die stacks, and they do not give up equally," said the Ukrainian military with the call sign "Phoenix". He added that the Russians seem to be motivated against the United States for "liberation" of Ukraine.