Two hotbeds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are blocked in the Kupyansk direction in the Kharkiv region. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"There are two hotbeds of blocking in the Kupyansk direction. In one hearth, almost surrounded there, Ukrainian troops are pressed against the reservoir, somewhere around 10 thousand. The grouping is blocked. In another — near Kupyansk — there are about 5 thousand. They are already surrounded and are trying to set up pontoon crossings in order to evacuate at least partially, but our artillery instantly destroys them," Putin said.