The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were drawn to Kupyansky direction of more than 45 thousand fighters and more

The spokesman of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces Ilya Yevlash explained that Ukrainian defenders were holding defense through command and their own courage. At the same time, Kharkiv Ova stated that people do not agree to evacuate through cattle. The armed forces cause the enemy loss in Kupyansk despite the involvement of more than 45,000 soldiers and a large number of equipment by Russian troops.

On August 21, the head of the press service of the Eastern Grouping of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces Ilya Yevlash announced this on the air of the Telemarhon. He said that during the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, 533 shelling in the Limano-Kupyan direction. However, the defense forces managed to destroy 21 Russian invaders and injure another 45.

In addition, the defenders "neutralized" a number of hostile weapons, including one DMP, two anti-tank guns of MT-12 "Rapir" and mortar 2C4 "Tulip". The military stressed that Ukrainian defense near Kupyansk is strong thanks to the engineering barrier, the right command and courage of soldiers.

"As of now, the enemy holds more than 45,000 military personnel, more than fifty tanks, as well as combat armored vehicles, more than 300 artillery systems and almost one and a half hundred RSSLs," Yevlash said. He explained that the enemy was trying to attack but has no success because of the lack of motivation in the fighters. According to him, unlike Russian invaders, Ukrainians protect their own land and cannot retreat.

"And they came for money or threat of murder," the head of the press service emphasized. The situation in the Kupyansk area on the air of Teletrumor was commented on August 21 by the Director of the Civil Protection Department of Kharkiv OVA Ivan Sokol. He recalled that in the region, since August 9, compulsory evacuation of 53 settlements has been ongoing. Ova representative explained that the authorities seek to evacuate about 12,000 people, 618 of them were children.

"As of this morning, 572 people managed to evacuate. Of whom 149 children, 281 women, 114 men and 28 people with disabilities," said Sokol. He explained that people refuse to leave for various reasons. Some explain their decision to stop somewhere, others are concerned about property or livestock. The regional administration does not exclude that the forced evacuation of children will be considered as needed.

However, according to the falcon, volunteers now receive applications from people who want to leave, including families with children. We will remind, on August 21 in the monitoring community DeepState drew attention to the next Russian fake. In the enemy telegram-channel reported the alleged capture of the village of Sinkivka in Kharkiv, "confirming" these are personnel from another settlement.