of control, it led to the fact that their employees began to flee after the ukrainian army took balaklea, the enemy front on kharkiv the direction simply collapsed about it eloquently testify to the conversation of the occupiers intercepted by the military they went to luhansk they moved away they were sent away and half were captured the hands of the russian army did not recover it did not raise reserves and did not organize the defense it was necessary to develop success the way to the regional center of kupyansk which is 40 km away was opening from the border with russia, this railway junction was an important logistics center in the deep rear of the enemy group in izyum, after we liberated balakleya and the balakleya district, we were transferred to the direction of kupyansk and in in principle, there was already a brigade of the armed forces of ukraine there, and they reached the western oskol river . the 92nd mechanized brigade took under its control the greater half of kupyansk , the russians in retreat broke all the bridges across the river, and while ours were leading crossings