Russian tank army advances
Ukraine moves reserves to the front near Kupyansk
08/15/2023, 10:25 p.m
In the shadow of the Ukrainian counter-offensive, Russian troops have been advancing in the Kharkiv region for several weeks. The Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister speaks of a difficult situation. Reserve units are now to prevent a further advance by Moscow’s units.
In view of the advance of Russian troops in the eastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv, the Ukrainian army has moved reserves to the Kupyansk sector. “Positions have been strengthened, certain methodological recommendations have been made and reserves have been moved,” spokesman for Army Group East Serhiy Cherevatyy told Ukrainian news television. This prevents further advances by the enemy.
Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maljar announced in the morning that the army was in trouble in the Kupyansk area. As a result, they could not concentrate their strength on the offensive in the “Bachmut sector”. According to Ukrainian and Russian military observers, the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Russian armed forces has advanced to within about seven kilometers of the city of Kupyansk. The local authorities have also already ordered an evacuation of civilians around the city.
According to Austrian Colonel Markus Reisner, the 1st Guards Tank Army advanced centrally at Kupyansk with the left and right flanks. “But you can’t speak of a central breakthrough here either,” said the expert on Monday in an interview with ntv.de.
Kupyansk was only liberated from Russian occupation last year as part of a successful Ukrainian counter-offensive in the Kharkiv region. The city and the surrounding area were then repeatedly the target of Russian shelling. Since mid-July, Moscow’s associations in the region have been gaining ground again. A press officer from the Ukrainian army spoke on television in mid-July of an alleged 100,000 men that Russia had massed on the Kupyansk and Lyman front sectors.