Ukrainian forces conducted successful counterattacks in the Kupyansk direction, liberating most of Kupyansk and forcing Russian Western Grouping reserves to deploy there instead of supporting Lyman operations.
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Ukrainian counterattacks successfully liberated most of Kupyansk and surrounding areas
Russian Western Grouping reserves deployed to Kupyansk direction to defend against counterattacks
Russian military command may redeploy elements of 2nd Motorized Rifle Division to Kupyansk
Russian troops are trying to 'bypass and infiltrate' the destroyed town of Vovchansk in northeastern Kharkiv Oblast, with the situation described as 'frankly difficult' by Viktor Tregubov, a spokesman for Ukraine's Joint Forces.
The Russians had launched a combat drone on Kharkiv's Osnovianskyi district.
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