UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Jul 24 — Russia occupies the village of Pishchane in the Kharkiv region, reports DeepState, a Ukrainian crowdsourced OSINT war monitoring service. 

Russian attacks on the northern section of the Kupiansk axis intensified since May, along with the start of Russia’s new ground offensive from the north of the Kharkiv region. 

DeepState marked Pishchane (22 km from Kupiansk, and about 122 km from Kharkiv) as a Russian-occupied settlement on its interactive map on July 22, though only reported Russian advancement within the village in its Telegram channel. The organization’s co-founder, Roman Pohorilyi said Kyiv and Moscow’s troops were fighting for Pishchane, but weren’t under full Russian control, and it’s marked as occupied because Russia raised its flag in the central part of the village. 

Pishchane village on the Kupiansk axis from DeepState's map on July 24 / Source: deepstatemap.live
Pishchane village on the Kupiansk axis from DeepState’s map on July 24, 2024 / Source: deepstatemap.live

On July 24, DeepState released a report indicating Russia occupied Pishchane completely. 

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW)’s assessment from July 20 also said that Russia occupied Pishchane, referring to geolocation data. 

Gwara Media’s military intelligence sources and ISTAR analysts, who asked to remain anonymous, confirm Russians successfully advanced in several sections of Pishchane but don’t confirm the complete occupation of the village. 

ISW report from July 23 says Russia continued the ground attacks along the Kupiansk-Svatove-Kreminna line but didn’t make any confirmed gains. 

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