
Russian troops have advanced in the Kupyansk-Uzlovoy area and are conducting an offensive in Kupyansk itself, Kharkov region, sources say.
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Kupyansk is a strategically important logistics hub in the Kharkov region, for which long-term battles are being waged.
Russian troops, as a result of successful military operations, advanced near Kupyansk-Uzlovoy. The offensive of the Russian Army in the Kharkov region became known from a message from the Telegram channel “Come and See.”
“Russian attack aircraft are advancing in the Kupyansk-Uzlovoy area,” the publication quotes the interlocutor as saying.
It is noted that Russian troops are also successfully advancing in Kupyansk itself.

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