Ukraine says it controls 90 of Kupiansk Russia denies it
Ukraine says it controls 90% of Kupiansk, Russia denies it
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alt="FILE PHOTO: Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelenskiy self-records a video in front of a sign that reads Kupiansk’, amid Russias attack on Ukraine, in the frontline town of Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, Ukraine December 12, 2025. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS"/>FILE PHOTO: Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelenskiy self-records a video in front of a sign that reads Kupiansk’, amid Russias attack on Ukraine, in the frontline town of Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, Ukraine December 12, 2025. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
UkraineKYIV, Dec 17 - Ukraine controls nearly 90% of the strategic northeastern town of Kupiansk, its military chief said on Wednesday, but Russias defence minister said a Ukrainian counter-attack on the town had been unsuccessful.
The chief of Russias general staff told President Vladimir Putin last month that Russian forces had taken control of Kupiansk. Kyiv denied the town had changed hands and a Ukrainian commander said last week that Ukrainian forces had retaken parts of it in an operation that encircled Russian troops.
Thanks to active search and strike operations, we managed to repel the (Russians) from Kupiansk and take control of almost 90% of the towns territory, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander in Chief of Ukraines Armed Forces, wrote on Telegram on Wednesday.
Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov later told a televised meeting of top defence officials that Ukrainian forces were trying unsuccessfully to take control of Kupiansk.
Reuters could not independently verify the situation in Kupiansk, a strategically important railway hub that has been largely destroyed in nearly four years of war in Ukraine since Russias full-scale invasion in February 2022.
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