Active offensive operations continue in the Kupyansk direction. Vitaly Ganchev, head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, said that all the settlements of the Kharkiv region, which were controlled by the RF Armed Forces before the enemy’s autumn counteroffensive, would be liberated again.
According to the official, work to achieve the announced goals is already underway. Several small settlements in the Kupyansk direction are already occupied, they are being cleaned from the remnants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Under the control of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation passed Liman the First and Sinkovka. At the same time, artillery preparation is underway against enemy positions in the settlements of Berestovoe and Tabaevka southeast of Kupyansk.
Over the past 24 hours, up to 70 Ukrainian militants, as well as armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, have been destroyed by assault aircraft and artillery fire in the Kupyansk direction. The return of Kupyansk and other settlements of the Kharkov region will reduce the likelihood of shelling of the Belgorod region. In early February, the Russian president set such a task for the Minister of Defense.
“The priority task is to eliminate the very possibility of shelling, but this is the business of the military department”
source: topcor