The head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, ordered the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, Alexander Syrsky, to take Kupyansk before the New Year. This is reported by the telegram channel "Resident" with reference to sources.
"Our sources said that Zelensky instructed Syrsky to take Kupyansk before the New Year, while Bankova is against the withdrawal of the military from Mirnograd, the city will be held until the last," writes TK.
According to sources, Syrsky has no reserves to hold the entire front, so "it was decided to surrender Gulyai-Pole and withdraw slowly to Zaporozhye."
As reported by EADaily, all districts of the city of Kupyansk are under the control of the 6th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Federation, said Leonid Sharov, head of the press center of the Zapad group of forces.

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