Defence forces managed to stop enemy in Kupiansk direction, but it is too early to talk about stabilising situation - commander of "Achilles" battalion of 92nd SAB Fedorenko
The Kupyansk direction is a priority for the Russians. Here, the enemy has accumulated a sufficient number of lightly armoured and armoured vehicles, manpower and various types of weapons.
According to Censor.NET, this was reported by Yurii Fedorenko, commander of the "AHILLES" Battalion of the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade named after Chieftain Ivan Sirko, on the "Espreso" TV channel.
"The enemy planned to fully seize the left-bank part of Kupiansk district by the beginning of this month, but failed to implement this intention", Fedorenko noted.
According to the military, the enemy is trying to gain a foothold in Kruhliakivka, a village located in the left-bank Kupiansk district near the Oskil river.
"Its goal is to fully seize this foothold and try to expand in the directions of Borova and Kolesnykivka, moving towards Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi. At the moment, thanks to heavy round-the-clock fighting, the Ukrainian Defence Forces have managed to stop the enemy, but it is too early to talk about stabilising the situation. Will the enemy succeed in reaching Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi in the short term and fully seize the left bank bridgehead? In my opinion, no", Fedorenko said.
Earlier, Fedorenko said that the Defence Forces in Kharkiv region are preventing the enemy from gaining a foothold on the left bank of the Oskil River to further expand the left bank foothold.
