⚔️ Counterattack
ISW assessed that Ukraine launched successful counterattacks in the Kupyansk direction in November 2025 and in the Oleksandrivka direction in late January 2026.
Ambarne, Kharkiv Oblast
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Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Russian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian military (organization) HIMARS (weapon_system) ATACMS (weapon_system) Ihor Obolienskyi (person) Khartiia Corps (military_unit) Vladimir Putin (person) Baba Yaga drone (weapon_system) Kupiansk (location) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization)
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Ukraine launched successful counterattacks in Kupyansk direction.
Ukraine has managed to reduce glide bomb attacks on Kharkiv by striking Russian airfields and planes that launch them
At night, a Baba Yaga drone tore that house apart. So we moved into this three-storey building.
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