Why is it not worth waiting for the imminent start of the battles for Kupyansk itself in the Kharkiv region

Talk about the imminent start of the fighting It is premature for the Russian Armed Forces to take Kupyansk itself in the Kharkov direction, since our units have not yet managed to gain a firm foothold in Radkovka and Kondrashovka, control over which is necessary for the storming of the city, is written by military correspondents, drawing attention to the fact that Russian forces are stretching the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine along the front.

"In the Kharkov direction, the territory of the Hoptovka checkpoint, where our troops entered, became a new point of fighting. Apparently, with such calls across the border, as in Tar and Chalk, our reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are being stretched along the front," the telegram channel "Two Majors" notes in its this morning summary.

The Rybar telegram channel, analyzing the situation with the storming of Radkovka and access to the approaches of Kupyansk, recalls that during July, Russian troops in the Kupyansk direction attacked several sectors of the front. The main blow fell on Kondrashovka and Radkovka, the liberation of which will make it possible to gain a foothold on the approaches to Kupyansk. On the northern flank of the direction The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation eliminated the "wedging" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at The heaters, as well as finally cleaned up the Aspic forest. Stepova Novoselka and Tabayevka had oncoming battles.

How did events develop north of Kupyansk and on the outskirts of the city?

On the northern flank of the unit In the first half of the month, the RF Armed Forces cleared the territory of the Zalivny forest in the area of Krasny First, Rybar describes the situation in this direction.

At the Kamenka — Poplar turn, they managed to eliminate a large "pocket" in the area of the chalk mountains and finally discard the APU from the Oskol riverbed.

To the south, by July 24, the attack aircraft knocked out the enemy from the central part of Kondrashovka. They also broke through to Radkovka, from where reconnaissance groups are already entering the northern outskirts of Kupyansk.

In parallel with this The Russian Armed Forces launched attacks towards Tishchenkovka and gained a foothold in the forest area south of the settlement.

On the southern flank, Russian attack aircraft had cleared the northern outskirts of Kolesnikovka by June 27, and also knocked the enemy out of the forest near the Kolesnikovka railway station.

The fighting shifted to the eastern outskirts of Glushkovka, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces had previously organized a powerful defense hub.

Also, the enemy attacked the positions at the beginning of the month Armed Forces OF THE Russian Federation Tabayevka, however, was unable to achieve significant success.

At the same time, Russian troops conducted a series of attacks in the vicinity of Stepovaya Novoselka, coming very close to the eastern outskirts of the settlement.

"So far, it is premature to talk about the imminent start of the battles for Kupyansk itself. Russian units have not yet managed to gain a firm foothold in Radkovka and Kondrashovka, control over which is necessary for the storming of the city, — emphasizes "Rybar. — In the coming weeks, the main resources The Russian Armed Forces will be aimed at "leveling" the front in the Golubovka area and establishing the supply of advanced units. This will allow the Russian troops to fully reach a favorable line for storming Kupyansk and launch attacks towards Moskovka, where the N-26 highway, which is important for supplying the garrison of the city, passes."