Ukrainian commander reports Russian forces cut off from Kupiansk

Ukraine has retaken parts of Kupiansk, Kharkiv, which Russia claimed to have seized on November 21. President Zelenskyy visited the town and said Russian forces there were completely surrounded. Ukrainian forces also resisted Russian advances in Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad, with Russia’s slow progress in the war prompting doubts about their intentions in negotiations.

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