Enemy conducting active assault operations in Kupiansk direction – RMA

Oleh Syniehubov, the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, said this on the air of the United News telethon, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“Battles are ongoing in the Kupiansk direction. The enemy is conducting active assault operations. These are no longer small subversive and reconnaissance groups, these are really assault actions. Our soldiers stand at their positions and conduct actions to destroy the enemy," Syniehubov said.

As Ukrinform reported, on July 16, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar informed that the enemy had been actively advancing in the Kupiansk direction for two days in a row. Ukrainian defenders are holding defense. Fierce battles are underway, and positions of the parties change dynamically several times a day.