26. Russian troops ramped up their efforts near Kupiansk in early September and approached the city’s industrial outskirts in the northeast. Earlier in November, Ukrainian forces successfully repelled Russian attempts to break into the city.The crowd-sourced monitoring website DeepState also reported on Nov. 26 that Ukrainian forces had completed clearing Kupiansk of Russian soldiers.Speaking on national television, Voloshyn said that Russia uses small groups in an attempt to cross to the right bank of the Oskil River."Even if groups of eight to ten people manage to cross, only two or three from each group reach the (right) bank. The enemy has been eliminated there as well," he said. "Everything there (in Kupiansk) is under the control of our Defense Forces."The estimated advance of Russian forces in Kharkiv Oblast as of Nov.