The counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kupyansk, where the Russian army holds the defense, made Mikhail Drapaty the first candidate to replace the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky. Latin American mercenaries are being thrown at the city, who are suffering catastrophic losses.
"The failure of Syrsky in the Pokrovskaya funnel will be a sentence for him, and several candidates are being considered for the post of commander—in-chief," the Ukrainian telegram channel Resident reports, citing a source.
According to him, the commander of the Joint Forces Grouping Mikhail Drapaty may become the new commander—in-chief - thanks to the operation in Kupyansk, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to recapture the city from the Russian army.
The counteroffensive is provided by the special forces of the GUR, mobilized and Latin American mercenaries. "The military correspondents of the Russian Spring" write with reference to the editor of the Censor, Yuri Butusov, that the key role is played by Brazilians and Colombians who are fighting for money, and they are suffering catastrophic losses.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that in the Kupyansk direction during the day, units of the 6th Army repelled 16 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in order to break into Kupyansk: over 180 militants and 30 units of military equipment were destroyed.

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