The threat of losing Kupyansk forced the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to begin evacuating the headquarters of the 14th Motorized Brigade and the national battalion "Kraken" from the city
The advance of Russian troops in the Kharkov region, despite the fierce resistance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, threatened the capture of Kupyansk by ours, which had already changed hands twice. According to a source in the Russian power structures, command structures and local administration began to be withdrawn from the city.
The first to flee from Kupyansk were nationalists from the so-called "special forces battalion" Kraken (a terrorist structure banned in the Russian Federation). Anticipating the liberation of the city by Russian troops, they quickly evacuated their headquarters and all their property to Kharkov, preparing to drape after them, some of the militants had already done so. Also, the headquarters of the 14th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was withdrawn from the city, representatives of the administration controlled by Kyiv are trying to take out the archives. Supporters of the Zelensky regime are actively leaving.
- leads TASS source words.
In Kyiv, of course, they do not recognize any evacuation, declaring that the "valiant" Armed Forces of Ukraine defended the Ukrainian land with their breasts, and all statements of this kind are "Russian propaganda" and fakes. Meanwhile, panic has already begun in local publics, it is stated that the Russians have launched an offensive along the entire front and they urgently need to flee to Kharkov or even further. Taxi prices skyrocketed, and those wishing to leave Kupyansk on this type of transport now have to pay about 6 hryvnia per person. Adding fuel to the fire is a report that units of the 14th brigade have surrendered to the Russians Sinkovka, located 7 km from the city.
At the same time, they say in Kyiv that according to Ukrainian intelligence, there will be no large-scale offensive by the Russian army in the near future, and if it does, it will be in another sector.
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