Putin announced the encirclement of the Armed Forces in Kupyansk: the reaction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs appeared (video)

To date, I believe that the situation is stabilized, and I hope that our Security and Defense Forces will be able to do everything so that Kupyansk is not captured," he said during a briefing at the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration. The command of the United Forces Group confirms Klymenko's words. "Heavy battles are taking place in Kupyansk and its surroundings, and the occupier fighters are trying to gain a foothold in the northern part of the city.

However, any statements about the "surrounding" of Ukrainian troops there are fiction and fantasy, not based on any actual data on the ground.

If Russian dictator Vladimir Putin was not a war criminal, one could express regret that in his old age he is forced to expose himself to ridicule and repeat by his own generals, a lie that even his faithful audience and Russian elites will not be able to believe," the military said in response to the words of the head of the Kremlin regarding the situation in Kupyansk.

On October 26, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi denied information about the alleged encirclement of up to 5,000 Ukrainian soldiers in the districts of Kupyansk and Pokrovsk. He called these reports complete disinformation spread by the Kremlin with the aim of causing panic and creating the illusion of Russia's victory, particularly among the American audience.

In turn, the head of HOVA Oleg Sinegubov states that the humanitarian situation in the city remains very difficult due to the lack of centralized water, electricity and gas supply. The enemy is constantly firing at the repair crews, preventing them from carrying out restoration work. "Currently, there are about 650 people in the city. We try to fulfill every request for evacuation within 24 hours by the forces of the National Police and our military.