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[Korrespondent] Ukraine has concentrated approximately 10 brigades near Kupyansk, which amounts to about 20,000 troops and hundreds of tanks, combat vehicles and howitzers.
The troops of the aggressor country Russia plan to capture Kupyansk, Kharkov region, before March 2024, when presidential elections will be held in the Russian Federation. 500 Russian tanks, more than 600 combat vehicles, hundreds of howitzers and 40 thousand soldiers are concentrated in this direction, writes Forbes.
“A piece of the Kharkov region would be a gift” to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin for the elections from the Russian army, the material says.
In turn, Ukraine has concentrated approximately 10 brigades near Kupyansk, which amounts to about 20,000 troops and hundreds of tanks, combat vehicles and howitzers. However, there remains a problem with ammunition, which Ukraine is experiencing after the cessation of systematic military assistance from the United States, Forbes writes.
So Russia's new advantage in firepower allows it to concentrate artillery without fear of heavy Ukrainian counter-battery fire. According to analysts at Frontelligence Insight, this allows occupiers to destroy populated areas to make them unprotected. They emphasize that the demolition of the city has already begun - damage around Kupyansk is confirmed by satellite images.
Russia first occupied Kupyansk in February - the beginning of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In September 2022, the Defense Forces liberated the city during a counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region.
Let us remind you that on January 21, ISW stated that the Russians advanced along the Kupyansk-Svatovo-Kremennaya line and captured Krakhmalnoye in the Kharkov region. Subsequently, the head of the public relations service of the command of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Vladimir Fityo, confirmed this.
On February 2, the OSV Khortytsia reported that the Russian occupiers had concentrated approximately 40 thousand military personnel, more than 500 tanks and 650 armored combat vehicles in the Kupyansk area.
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