UKRAINE, KUPIANSK, Jan. 13 — The 13th Khartiia brigade retook control of the Kupiansk City Council building, in central Kupiansk, said the brigade’s press service.

Khartiia footage shows Ukrainian soldiers raising the Ukrainian flag over the Kupiansk City Council building. 

Since the beginning of January, Ukrainian troops have been clearing Kupiansk of Russians, said Viktor Trehubov, spokesman for the military group responsible for Kharkiv oblast, during the national telethon.

Currently, the Khartiia search-and-assault group and the “Kupiansk” tactical group are completing the clearing of the city, which was unblocked during an operation led by the command of the Khartiia brigade.

Earlier, Ukrainian forces launched an air attack on a hospital building in Kupiansk, where Russian soldiers were hiding.

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