Kupyansk, a city with a pre-war population of 26,000 in northeastern Ukraine just 25 miles from the Russian border, abuts the Oskil River and sits astride critical supply lines including roads and ...

Ukrainian forces fighting around Velyka Novosilka claim its Russian takeover will amount to nothing more than a flag-raising ...

This allowed them to infiltrate Kupyansk, where someone permitted them entry. Ultimately, they were eliminated, and the situation in that area has now stabilized,” Popovych said.

Ukraine’s military has said Russia is attacking the Kupyansk district with eight Storm-Z assault units as well as intense artillery fire and air attacks. Major General Oleksandr Syrsky, who leads the ...