Full breakdown of the incredible Kupiansk counteroffensive operation

The Kupiansk direction has become a point where battlefield reality collided directly with Russia’s political narrative. For weeks, Moscow confidently claimed the town had been fully captured, turning Kupiansk into a symbol of supposed Russian momentum. Ukraine not only retained control of this critical node on the Oskil River but proved it in the most visible way possible. President Volodymyr Zelensky’s personal visit to Kupiansk served as a public and unmistakable rebuttal of Vladimir Putin’s claims, dismantling the narrative in front of both domestic and international audiences. Strategically, this denies Russia a key foothold while simultaneously undermining the credibility of its leadership at a sensitive moment, as diplomatic pressure and talk of negotiations grow. What followed was not just a tactical success, but a deliberate conversion of military achievement into political defeat for Moscow.

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