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; Andriy Nikolaychuk †
Units involved
Russian Armed Forces Russian Airborne Forces; Rosgvardiya OMON;	Ukrainian Armed Forces 92nd OMBr; 25th Airborne Assault Brigade; 80th Air Assault Brigade; Kraken Regiment; Security Service of Ukraine SBU Alpha Group; National Guard of Ukraine
Casualties and losses
Ukrainian claim:; 130+ killed,; 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."

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