UKRAINE, KUPIANSK DISTRICT, Apr. 2 — DeepState reported more Russian advances near the Pishchanea village 14 km (~8,6 miles) southeast of Kupiansk.

On Apr. 1, a spokesman for the group of forces responsible for Kharkiv oblast, Viktor Trehubov, confirmed to Gwara Media that Russian troops are present in Pishchane, and the Ukrainian army is trying to fight them off. That information was reported by the DeepState OSINT war tracking project earlier that day.

Trekhubov said that Pishchane, a village 14 km (~8,6 miles) southeast of Kupiansk, is currently in a “grey zone” where there’s no clear zero line, and Russia continues its attempts to infiltrate and build up its forces.

At the same time, Trehubov claimed that it’s impossible to detect Russia’s moment of infiltration or them getting a foothold in a settlement. 

DeepState marks the area near Pischane as “area of infiltration” since Oct. 27, 2025. Russian infiltration pushing deeper, towards Kivsharivka, a village to the northwest of Pishchane and closer to the Oskil River, was first marked by DeepState on Feb. 11, 2026. 

On Mar. 30, Trehubov said that Russia doesn’t abandon the idea of entering Kupiansk, a logistically vital city for the Kharkiv region, and is trying to attack it from the east. Last year, Russians seized the northern part of the city and villages adjacent to it, but Ukrainian troops began to push them out and reportedly have almost done so. 

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