Moscow, Nov 21: Russian forces have taken control of the strategic city of Kupyansk in the Kharkov region in eastern Ukraine, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov said.

Units of the Zapad (West) group have seized the city of Kupyansk and are continuing to destroy Ukrainian forces encircled on the left bank of the Oskol River, Gerasimov reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported.

Gerasimov said that advances are underway in Krasnoarmeysk, another strategic city in eastern Ukraine, adding that over 75 per cent of the city’s territory is now under Russian control.

Kyiv had retaken the eastern railway hub in September months after it fell to Moscow’s troops on the first day of the 2022 offensive, but in recent mo

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