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Ukrainian forces have liberated a significant portion of Kupyansk and encircled up to two understrength Russian companies in central and southern Kupyansk along both banks of the Oskil River.

Kupyansk, Kharkiv Oblast
Likely Reported by 3 independent sources
Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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Entities

Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Russian forces (military_unit) Kostyantyn Mashovets (person) Russian 136th Motorized Rifle Brigade (military_unit) Russian 27th Motorized Rifle Brigade (military_unit) Vladimir Putin (person) 429th regiment (military_unit) Ihor Obolenskyi (person) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) 2nd Corps of the National Guard "Khartia" (military_unit) 13th Brigade of the National Guard "Khartia" (military_unit) 475th Assault Regiment "Code 9.2" (military_unit) 92nd Assault Brigade (military_unit) 144th Mechanised Brigade (military_unit) Legion Freedom of Russia (military_unit) Mykhailo Drapatyi (person) Valentyn Manko (person) Yurii Butusov (person) Ukrainian Armed Forces assault units (military_unit) Ground Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) National Guard of Ukraine (military_unit) 2nd Corps of the Ukrainian National Guard "Khartia" (military_unit) Foreign volunteer fighters (military_unit) Third Army Corps (military_unit) 16th Army Corps (military_unit) "Prime" border guard unit (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces have encircled up to two understrength Russian companies in Kupyansk

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: uncertain

Russian troops have fully occupied Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Drones of 429th regiment eliminated 39 Russian assault troops in Kharkiv region

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.862Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-19-2025