UKRAINE, KUPIANSK, Jan. 9 — Ukrainian forces launched an air attack on a hospital building in Kupiansk where Russian soldiers were hiding, wrote the Telegram channel of Ukrainian Air Forces called Soniashnyk (sunflower in English).

The Russian strikes shut down the only hospital in Kupiansk in May. 16, 2025. 

In the middle of December 2025, Ukrainian troops reportedly managed to surround Russians in Kupiansk and push them out of its northern parts.

Russian troops are still trying to occupy  the city and seize Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi, a village south of Kupiansk.

Russian infantry used the hospital as cover and tried to hold it. Ukrainian troops participating in the operation to clear Kupiansk surrounded the building.

Currently, Ukrainian troops are clearing Kupiansk of Russians, said Viktor Trehubov, spokesman for the military group responsible for Kharkiv oblast, during the national telethon.

“The Russians are regrouping. They are actively trying to regain control of the city by February. No matter how hard they try, the city will be cleared. They will have to try to infiltrate Kupiansk again, but it will be more difficult,” said Trehubov.

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