Kupiansk ( uk, Куп'янськ, ) is a

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Kharkiv Oblast Kharkiv Oblast ( uk, Харківська́ о́бласть, translit=Kharkivska oblast), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna ( uk, Ха́рківщина), is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. The oblast borders Russia to the north, Luhan ...

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. It serves as the

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Kupiansk Raion Kupiansk Raion is a district in Ukraine in the state of Kharkiv Oblast. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Kupiansk. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kharkiv ...

. It is also an important railroad junction for the oblast. Kupiansk hosts the administrative offices of Kupiansk Urban Hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Until 18 July 2020, Kupiansk was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and the center of Kupiansk Municipality. The municipality was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions in the Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Kupiansk municipality was merged into the Kupiansk Raion.

Overview

Kupiansk is located on the bank of the Oskil River. Kupiansk is divided into three subparts, known as: Kupiansk (main part of town), Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi (where the train station is), and Kivsharivka. Kupiansk is about two and-a-half hours from Kharkiv. The two cities are connected by train and bus.

History

World War II

Kupiansk was occupied during

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from 24 July 1942 to 3 February 1943.

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Kupiansk was occupied by Russian forces from 27 February 2022 to 10 September 2022. Although the Ukrainian Army had destroyed a railway bridge to slow the Russian advance three days earlier, Kupiansk Mayor Hennadiy Matsehora, member of the

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party, surrendered the city to the

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in exchange for a cessation of hostilities, as the Russians threatened to take the city by force. As a result, the Ukrainian government

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Matsehora for

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the next day. On 28 February 2022, Matsehora was arrested by Ukrainian authorities. Later Kupiansk became the ''de facto'' seat of Russian-backed Kharkiv military-civilian administration. At Kupiansk town hall the

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continued to be flown for 6 weeks, and at the medical school for 3 months.The cemetery was replaced and the children were interrogated. How Kupyansk recovers after the invasion of Kharkiv in Kharkiv
(15 October 2022) Locals were forced to work for the occupation force, paint bridges in the colours of the

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and perform railway repair for alleged salaries that were never paid out. On 8 September 2022, a representative of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that Ukrainian forces had retaken more than 20 settlements in the

and "in some areas penetrated Russian defence positions up to 50km". On the same day, the Russian occupation authorities claimed that "the Russian army began to defend the city" and that "additional reinforcements entered the region from Russia", indicating that Ukrainian forces were re-approaching the city from the west, after retaking the town of Shevchenkove earlier that day. On 9 September 2022, Ukrainian forces re-entered the outskirts of Kupiansk, starting the Battle of Kupiansk. By the morning of 10 September 2022, Ukrainian forces had recaptured the city council building. Later that day, a Ukrainian official confirmed that the

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had liberated the city.

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