Ganchev: Russian forces have to go “a few kilometers” to Kupyansk

The Russian armed forces have “a few kilometers” to go to Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, said Vitaly Ganchev, head of the region’s military-civilian administration.

“More convenient positions are being taken under certain settlements, where yesterday there were Ukrainian positions. On their counterattacks, they are rebuffed, our military take their positions and, depending on the convenience of the location, a line of defense is formed and leveled, ”said Ganchev on the air of Soloviev. Live” (quote according to TASS).

For the past few months, the Ministry of Defense has been reporting on the advance of Russian troops in the Kupyansk direction. Former department reportedthat the RF Armed Forces “improved the situation along the front line”, in particular, the army repelled seven counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction in the LPR and the Kharkov region.

August 10 Ukrainian authorities announced about the evacuation in the Kupyansky district controlled by Kyiv. People will be evacuated from territories “close to the combat zone”, including from the left bank of the Oskol River in Kupyansk, from the village of Kovsharovka and the city of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya.

The day before, on August 9, the head of the Ukrainian military administration of the Kharkiv region, Oleg Sinegubov, stated that children from 53 settlements could be forcibly evacuated in the region. According to him, more than 11,000 people, including 600 children, are subject to evacuation.