A Russian milblogger claimed that elements of the Russian 25th Motorized Rifle Brigade (6th Combined Arms Army, Leningrad Military District [LMD]) are reportedly operating west of Zapadne (north of Kupyansk).
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Russian offensive campaign assessment June 16, 2025 Anna Harvey et al. Click here to see ISW's interactive map of Russian invasion Ukraine.
Russian offensive campaign assessment June 16, 2025 Anna Harvey et al. Click here to see ISW's interactive map of Russian invasion Ukraine.
Three women aged 71, 62, and 27 were wounded in Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast.
In the Vovchansk direction, reconnaissance-strike UAV operators and mortar units of the "Hart" Brigade destroyed enemy observation systems, an antenna, strongholds, and five Russian infantrymen
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