Video surfaced showing Russian T-80 tanks captured and now in Ukrainian Armed Forces hands, likely from Kupiansk region.
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Video surfaced showing Russian T-80 tanks captured and now in Ukrainian Armed Forces hands, likely from Kupiansk region.
Ammunition loads from the abandoned storage site were handed over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Andrei stayed in Kupiansk until September 2022 and left the city in a tank after Ukrainian forces entered the area.
In September, Ukraine launched its surprise counteroffensive in the northeastern Kharkiv Oblast, pushing Russians out of the cities of Izuim, Balaklia, and Kupiansk.
The Kharkiv region was liberated from Russian occupiers in September.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on September 14 that the Kharkiv region was almost completely liberated from Russian military forces.
Ukrainian police deoccupied the village near Kupiansk at the end of September.
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