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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the Kupiansk front and recorded a video beside the city's half-destroyed entrance sign, congratulating Ukraine's Ground Forces on their special day.

December 12, 2025 Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast

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Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Ukrainian Ground Forces (military_unit) 2nd Khartiia Corps (military_unit) Search and Strike Group (military_unit) Kindrashivka (location) Radkivka (location) P-07 Kupyansk-Shevchenkove highway (location) Vovchansk (location) Synelnykove (location) Kolodyazne (location) Kucherivka (location) Petropavlivka (location) Pishchane (location) Kurylivka (location) Nova Kruhlyakivka (location) Karmazynivka (location)

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the Kupiansk front on 12 December, where he recorded a video beside the city's half-destroyed entrance sign

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces conducted a successful operation in the Kupiansk direction on Dec. 12.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Zelensky visited southwestern outskirts of Kupyansk

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