KYIV, Ukraine
President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky visited combat brigades on the front line in Kharkiv Oblast fighting on the Kupiansk-Lyman axis, the President's Office said on October 3.
Zelensky spoke to commanders
about the operational situation on the battlefield, the progress of offensive
and defensive operations, and the current issues faced by units.
“The Kupiansk-Lyman direction
is one of the hottest on the front. The Russian invaders are constantly trying
to advance there,” the President’s Office said.
Zelensky was briefed on the
units' critical needs, with the commanders most often mentioning anti-aircraft
and electronic warfare equipment as well as certain types of ammunition.
The president also presented
state awards to soldiers and combat medics, thanking them "for every day
and night that you give for all of us, without sparing yourself."
"Each of our combat
brigades, each soldier who destroys the invaders, asserts with each step
forward that Ukrainian victory will certainly come," said Zelensky.
Russia has been concentrating
its forces around
Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast since mid-July, trying to regain positions lost
during the Ukrainian surprise counteroffensive last autumn. The city was
occupied by Russian forces in 2022 from Feb. 27 to Sept. 10.
The Institute for the Study of
War (ISW) wrote on Sept. 28 that Russian troops had
reduced the tempo of their localized offensive operations on the
Kupiansk-Svatove-Kreminna line.
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