Kupiansk offensive
| Kupiansk offensive | |||||||||
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| Part of the Luhansk Oblast campaign of the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) | |||||||||
Kupiansk frontline as of 17 December 2025 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Russia | Ukraine | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Serhii Storozhenko | Andrii Besedin | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| Order of battle | Order of battle | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Several 2,000-person brigades (February 2025) | |||||||||
The Kupiansk offensive refers to a series of military engagements in the Russo-Ukrainian war taking place around the city of Kupiansk, as well as along the Oskil river between Kupiansk through Dvorichna to the border settlement of Topoli in Kharkiv Oblast, with the goal of capturing Kupiansk and territory along the Oskil river. Offensive operations restarted in the direction after Russian forces attacked Kupiansk in late November 2024, and intensified after Russian forces established several bridgeheads across the western bank of the Oskil river in early 2025.