{"id":1221239,"date":"2025-09-22T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1221239"},"modified":"2025-09-19T20:24:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:24:22","slug":"russians-do-not-control-any-area-of-kupiansk-and-act-according-to-masquerade-tactic-commander-of-achilles-regiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russians-do-not-control-any-area-of-kupiansk-and-act-according-to-masquerade-tactic-commander-of-achilles-regiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Russians do not control any area of Kupiansk and act according to \u201cmasquerade\u201d tactic \u2014 commander of \u201cAchilles\u201d regiment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In Kupiansk, Russian occupiers are using \u201cmasquerade\u201d tactics: sabotage and reconnaissance groups dress in civilian clothes and try to infiltrate the city to gather data and take photos with the Russian flag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was reported in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7Dw84UGCZM4\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">comment to Ukrinform&nbsp;<\/a>by the commander of the 429th Separate Regiment of Unmanned Systems &#8220;Achilles&#8221; of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major Yurii Fedorenko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt this moment, the enemy does not control any of the districts of Kupiansk. However, there is a high presence of sabotage and reconnaissance groups, and the enemy is using \u2018masquerade\u2019 tactics. The enemy dresses in civilian clothes and tries to infiltrate deep into the city,\u201d Fedorenko said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that in this way, the Russian army is accomplishing several tasks. In particular, under the guise of civilians, it infiltrates areas where the Ukrainian Defense Forces are located to gather and transmit information about the movement of equipment and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups also seek to appear in well-known places in Kupiansk to unfurl the Russian flag and take photos with it. \u201cAfter that, the enemy plans to spread the news that Russian troops are successfully advancing and taking control of Kupiansk,\u201d the commander added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As reported by Ukrinform,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.ua\/rubric-ato\/4038176-boi-za-kupansk-zsu-provodat-kontrdiversijni-zahodi-video-z-centru-mista.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Ukrainian defenders are conducting counter-sabotage measures<\/a>&nbsp;in Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, blocking and destroying Russian invaders in forests, cottage areas, and the surrounding areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/eu-targets-russian-war-funding-in-19th-sanctions-package-kaja-kallas\/\">EU Targets Russian War Funding in 19th Sanctions Package \u2013 Kaja Kallas<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Kupiansk, Russian occupiers are using \u201cmasquerade\u201d tactics: sabotage and reconnaissance groups &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1221241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1221239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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