Khartiia assault troops advance another 2 square kilometers in Kupiansk area
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Assault rifles of the R.U.G. regiment continue to advance through the forest in the Kupiansk direction (Photo: 23rd Assault Regiment R.U.G / Telegram)
Fighters from the 23rd Assault Regiment R.U.G. of Ukraine's 2nd National Guard Corps Khartiia cleared another 2 square kilometers of forest west of Dvorichna in the Kupiansk direction, the corps said on Aug. 30.
Drone and helmet-camera footage shows assault groups pushing Russian forces out of fortified positions, seizing equipment and documents and repelling attempts to establish new positions or counterattack.
The advance is a continuation of an operation in which the unit previously liberated 7.5 square kilometers of forest west of Dvorichna and took control of the northern part of the village of Zapadne.
The corps said its forces continue to advance deeper into the forest.
“Step by step. Position by position. We are liberating Ukrainian land from the enemy. The Khartiia Corps has been defending Kharkiv Oblast since 2022, from the defense of Kharkiv and the advance to the state border to holding back Russia’s renewed offensive near Vovchansk and Lyptsi in 2024. In two years, the enemy has not moved a single meter closer to Kharkiv,” the unit said.
On Aug. 25, foreign service members of the 23rd Separate Assault Regiment of the Khartiia Corps’ R.U.H. liberated 7.5 square kilometers of forest in the Kupiansk area of Kharkiv Oblast.
Earlier, on Aug. 21, Joint Forces Group spokesperson Viktor Trehubov said Russian forces were actively pushing through Kivsharivka toward Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi in an attempt to split the Ukrainian bridgehead.
On June 3, Yurii Butusov, a drone platoon commander with the National Guard’s 13th Khartiia Brigade, told Radio NV about heavy fighting near Kupiansk. He said Russian forces were fighting for a bridgehead on the right bank of the Oskil River in an effort to hold it and increase their troop presence there.
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