Putin Claimed Kupiansk Was Captured — Zelensky Just Showed Up There

Dec 13, 2025

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In this handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on December 12, 2025, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky records a video message on his mobile phone in front of the road sign marking the entrance to Kupiansk, Kharkiv region.

Kupiansk, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a rare and high-risk frontline visit to the city of Kupiansk on December 12, directly contradicting recent Russian claims that the strategic eastern Ukrainian hub was fully under Moscow’s control.

Kupiansk, a key rail and logistics center in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, has been the focus of in…

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