Sławomir Wysocki is a Pole who is currently only 15 kilometers from the front line behind Kupiański. “The artillery works practically 24 hours a day, and you can hear explosions in the distance every now and then,” said a man who regularly travels to Ukraine with military equipment. However, as the spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces of the Ukrainian army added, the huge number of Russian troops stationed nearby is not a “cause for fear”, but an indicator of the pride of the Ukrainian Defense Forces. What is happening on the eastern front in Ukraine?
Sławomir Wysocki admitted in an interview with Wirtualna Polska that he was about 15 kilometers from the front in the direction of Lyman-Kupian. “The tension is very high. The artillery works practically 24 hours a day, explosions can be heard in the distance every now and then – he said in an interview with Żaneta Gotowalska-Wróblewska. The man who transports the necessary military equipment to Ukraine believes that the Russians “will not be easy” on this section of the front. “The defense lines are very well prepared. Despite the fact that about 100,000 people were mobilized soldiers, the Russians will not enter Kupiansk like butter, believes the Pole.
The war in Ukraine – what is happening on the Eastern Front? “Russians will not enter Kupiansk like butter”
Wysocki added that in recent days there has been an increased movement of Ukrainian troops. He further emphasized that in Kupiansk, you do not feel the “breath of the Russians on your back”. “It’s not like fear is king. The Ukrainian army is prepared for the fact that the Russians will try to recapture Kupyansk and reach the river. The Ukrainians are ready, emphasizes the Pole.
According to Vysotsky, in the rest of the cities of the Kupa region, life is normal. – There is no panic or fear that the Russians will quickly regain what was captured by the Ukrainians last year – noted the WP.pl interlocutor. However, he further added that there are opinions among Ukrainians that Kupiansk may be a “second Bakhmut”, but instead of fear, Ukrainians show mobilization and determination to defend the city. “People believe in Ukraine, they believe in their soldiers,” he stressed.
Kupiansk the second Bakhmut? The Russians are very keen on capturing the city
The spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces of the Ukrainian army, Serhiy Cherevaty, said that there is a powerful group of up to 100,000 Russian soldiers in the Lyman-Kupian direction. 900 tanks and 370 rocket launchers are also to be located near the front line. Czerewaty added that the invaders carried out 536 attacks in the region in the last 24 hours alone. For comparison, at the height of the war in Afghanistan, Soviet forces numbered 120,000. soldiers.
– Yes, the enemy group is large. Yes, its size should be taken into account. But this number is not an indicator of danger or a reason for fear, but quite the opposite. It is an indicator of pride in the Ukrainian Defense Forces,” Czerwaty noted. Ukrainian troops managed to take Kupyansk a year ago. The city is important to the Russians because the supply routes to the front in Donbass converge there.
Source: gazeta.pl
