Як Куп‘янськ опинився на лінії фронту. Ексклюзив / hromadske

The city of Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region was occupied by Russian troops on February 27, 2022. Due to the city's proximity to the border, the Russians occupied it almost without fighting. After 6 months of occupation, Ukrainian troops entered Kupiansk on the morning of September 10. The city was liberated by the 92nd Kharkiv Brigade. But unlike the liberated Balakliia and Izium and many other settlements, which, due to the speed of the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian army, found themselves in the rear and finally heard silence, Kupiansk, on the contrary, have appeared on the front line. hromadske visited the city on September 15. At that moment, the left bank of the Oskol river, which separates Kupiansk and Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi train stations, was under the control of Russian forces, and the right bank was under the control of Ukrainian forces. Because of this, artillery duels, tank battles, Grad rockets, cluster bombs were clearly heard. And all this continuously flew over the heads of the residents of Kupyansk. People hurriedly left the city, some stayed and asked the military for bread. That day 10 people were wounded in the city, two of them were children. In the local hospital, which have worked during the occupation, left 20 employees. Instead of 900 - before the war. In the hospital, which rescues the wounded, there is no electricity, no water, no communication, no special transport to evacuate all patients to a safer place. The situation in Kupiansk that day was catastrophic. On September 16, the day after the hromadske crew was in the city, Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi on the left bank of the Oskol river was liberated by the Kraken unit. But the shelling of the left and right banks haven’t stopped. ___________________ Become a member of our YouTube channel to get more:    / @hromadske_ua   ___________________ From the first minutes of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, hromadske has been working 24/7, thoroughly checking every news item in the information space. We film in hotspots and translate our content into Russian, English, and German. We record the crimes of the Russian occupation army to protect Ukraine and show the world the truth. You can support us in our struggle: UAN https://hromadske.ua/donate USD https://cutt.ly/SGhSOGg NFT https://vlt.fan/AtYg   / hromadskeua   hromadske’s website: https://hromadske.ua/ Our Twitter in English: https://twitter.com/hromadske?s=21 German: https://twitter.com/hromadskede?s=21 Social Media: Facebook https://fb.com/hromadskeua Twitter   / hromadskeua   Telegram https://t.me/hromadske_ua Instagram   / hromadske.ua   ТікТок   / hromadske