Battle of Kupiansk

Battle of Kupiansk
	Part of the 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
	; Russian casualties and damaged equipment in the aftermath of the battle
Date	8–16 September 2022; (1 week and 1 day)
Location	Kupiansk, Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
Result	Ukrainian victory
Belligerents
Russia	Ukraine
Commanders and leaders
Roman Berdnikov; Aleksandr Lapin	Oleksandr Syrskyi;
Units involved
Russian Armed Forces Russian Airborne Forces;	Ukrainian Armed Forces 92nd Mechanized Brigade; Kraken Regiment; Security Service of Ukraine SBU Alpha Group; National Guard of Ukraine
Casualties and losses
Ukrainian claim:; 16 captured	Unknown

The battle of Kupiansk was a part of the Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive that began on 8 September 2022 and ended on 16 September 2022. A Financial Times article on 28 September depicted the battle and the Ukrainian advance preceding it as "the 90km journey that changed the course of the war in Ukraine."^[6]

^ "Командувача військ західного округу РФ Берднікова зняли з посади після успішного наступу ЗСУ на Харківщині". Цензор.НЕТ (in Ukrainian). 11 September 2022. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ Ministry of Defence of Ukraine [@DefenceU] (10 September 2022). "[...] The Commander of Ukrainian Land Forces, Hero of Ukraine, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi is leading the Ukrainian offensive in this sector. [...]" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022 – via Twitter.
^ ^a ^b Järvenkylä, Nina (16 November 2022). "IL Ukrainassa: Kraken-yksikkö työnsi venäläiset ulos Kupianskista – taisteluissa kaduilla juoksi sikoja ja venäläiset pakenivat metsään". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
^ Cole, Brendan (10 September 2022). "Ukrainian forces capture key town as counteroffensive gathers pace: Kyiv". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
^ "Ukrainian serviceman on liberated Kupiansk: Collaborators in basements, children taken to Russia". Ukrinform. 2 October 2022. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
^ "The 90km journey that changed the course of the war in Ukraine". Financial Times(FT). 28 September 2022. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

[1] "Командувача військ західного округу РФ Берднікова зняли з посади після успішного наступу ЗСУ на Харківщині". Цензор.НЕТ (in Ukrainian). 11 September 2022. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

[2] Ministry of Defence of Ukraine [@DefenceU] (10 September 2022). "[...] The Commander of Ukrainian Land Forces, Hero of Ukraine, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi is leading the Ukrainian offensive in this sector. [...]" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022 – via Twitter.

[Iltalehti-3] Järvenkylä, Nina (16 November 2022). "IL Ukrainassa: Kraken-yksikkö työnsi venäläiset ulos Kupianskista – taisteluissa kaduilla juoksi sikoja ja venäläiset pakenivat metsään". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.

[4] Cole, Brendan (10 September 2022). "Ukrainian forces capture key town as counteroffensive gathers pace: Kyiv". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2022.

[5] "Ukrainian serviceman on liberated Kupiansk: Collaborators in basements, children taken to Russia". Ukrinform. 2 October 2022. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2022.

[ft-6] "The 90km journey that changed the course of the war in Ukraine". Financial Times(FT). 28 September 2022. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

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