Russian forces near collapse in Kupyansk as Moscow allies concede city lost: report

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• "They are surrendering," Viktor Trehubov said during a televised briefing carried by Ukrainian state media.
• "There have even been cases of foreigners – foreign mercenaries for the Russians – giving themselves up." ZELENSKYY VISITS FRONTLINE UKRAINIAN CITY WEEKS AFTER RUSSIA CLAIMED IT TOOK CONTROL An evacuation van travels through the largely destroyed frontline city of Kupiansk, Ukraine, Jan.
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• (Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via ) According to Ukrainian officials, the remaining Russian units are surviving largely on limited air resupply, a tactic that cannot sustain long-term operations inside the city."Supply by air bridge alone is not something that allows them to hold out for long," Trehubov said.
• While Russian forces continue to launch multiple assaults along the Kupyansk axis each day, Ukrainian officials say those attacks lack the manpower and reserves needed to change the balance on the ground. UKRAINE, US NEAR 20-POINT PEACE DEAL AS PUTIN SPURNS ZELENSKYY CHRISTMAS CEASEFIRE OFFER A Ukrainian army chaplain talks to Ukrainian soldiers in a shelter in the direction of Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, March 13, 2024.