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Almost from the moment it was liberated during the Kharkiv counteroffensive in the fall of 2022, Russia has been trying to recapture the city of Kupyansk. In August, CNN reported that evacuations were being ordered as the city became the “epicenter” of a Russian advance that included 100,000 troops. In September, The Wall Street Journal wrote about the “besieged city” being devastated by daily barrages. In October, The Washington Post reported that Kupyansk was the site of “furious attacks” and Russian artillery was “pummeling” the area.
It’s now January. Ukraine still holds Kupyansk.
Most of Russia’s efforts to take the city have come no closer than the town of Synkivka, 7 kilometers to the northeast. It’s at this location that Ukraine has repeatedly pushed back Russian attempts to advance, with a combination of artillery and drones doing to Russian convoys in this area what they’ve been doing to Russian convoys everywhere else.
But this week, Ukraine stopped just butting heads at Synkivka and hit the Russian lines at a place they haven’t visited in months.
