According to its armed forces, Ukraine has the strategically important City of Kupyansk in the east of the country recaptured by Russia. On Saturday, Ukrainian special forces published pictures in online networks that are said to show officers in the city of 27,000 people about 100 kilometers east of Kharkiv. Kupyansk “always has been and always will be Ukrainian,” they wrote. The city had been occupied by the Russian army for months and is considered to be central for the distribution of supplies.
A regional official published a picture of Ukrainian soldiers in Kupyansk on online networks and wrote: “Kupyansk is part of Ukraine.” In July, the Russian state news agency Tass reported that pro-Russian authorities wanted to set up their administration for the occupied parts of the Kharkiv region in Kupyansk.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kyiv said on Saturday, Ukrainian units advanced in the east of Ukraine and liberated “further towns and villages”. The “courage” of the soldiers “paired with military support from the West” is delivering “impressive results,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleh Nikolenko wrote in online networks.
It is “of central importance” to continue to supply arms to Ukraine. Defeating Russia means “winning peace in Ukraine”.
Meanwhile, according to unconfirmed reports, the Ukrainian army is advancing further east. In addition to Kupyansk, she should also include the Russian-occupied one Izyum recapture, that would be a significant setback to Moscow’s capabilitiesto supply their own troops in Ukraine.
