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Russian forces attacked northeast of Kupyansk near Petropavlivka on January 4 and 5 but did not make confirmed advances.

Zahryzove, Kharkiv Oblast
Verified Independently confirmed by 5 sources
Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Russian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Khortytsia Group of Forces (military_unit) Kupiansk (location) 74-year-old man (person) Kupiansk hromada (location) Molniya UAV (weapon_system)

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian forces attacked northeast of Kupyansk near Petropavlivka on January 4 and 5.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian shelling killed a 74-year-old man near Kupiansk, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

A Russian strike killed a 74-year-old man in Kharkiv Oblast

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Of the 257 apartment buildings in the hromada, not a single one remains intact.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

On January 5, Russian forces attacked Kharkiv twice with Molniya drones in the Kyivskyi and Kholodnohirskyi districts.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:39.025Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-january-5-2025