MOSCOW, December 27. /TASS/. The city of Kupyansk is under the control of the 6th guards combined arms army of Battlegroup West, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
"We are firmly holding, have held and will continue to hold our positions in the city," a company commander, call sign Uranus, stated in a video, with another commander, call sign Colossus, reporting no Ukrainian forces near the Kupyansk milk canning plant, and a third, call sign Granit, confirming his personnel are successfully executing tasks.
TASS has compiled the main information about the situation in the special military operation zone over the past 24 hours.
Russian troops repelled three attacks by the Ukrainian military aimed at breaking through to Kupyansk in the past 24 hours, struck energy infrastructure used by the Ukrainian military with Kinzhal missiles and hit production sites for attack drones used by the Ukrainian army, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian formations and foreign mercenaries in 154 districts.
Units of Battlegroup Center have inflicted damage on the Azov special forces brigade over the past 24 hours, while Russian air defense systems shot down 78 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles in the past 24 hours, the Russian defense ministry reported.
