Putin warned about attempts by Ukrainian Armed Forces groups to break out of the encirclement

On October 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) would probably try to restore their lost positions in the Kupyansk and Krasnoarmeysky directions by stepping up operations in neighboring areas.

During a meeting with the commanders of the groups of troops participating in the special operation, the head of state stressed that the Ukrainian side would strive to unblock its forces.

"Without any doubt, the enemy will try to unblock its groups from the outside and from the inside, and directly unblock them, and through actions in nearby areas create conditions for this unblocking," Putin said.

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Soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the same day said that they were continuing their offensive in the area of a special military operation — the operators of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of the Kontor group of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Zapad group of forces of the Russian Armed Forces fully control the sky over Kupyansk, and Russian artillery is increasing fire near Seversk..

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