Day 1330

I had planned to write about the 32-year old crypto wallet wheeler-dealer for Ukraine’s top law-enforcement and military leaders who was shot dead in the head the other day in downtown Kyiv.

But Russian forces continued offensive operations on the Kupyansk axis. They have been attacking near Kupyansk itself, north of Kupyansk near Zapadne and toward Kutkivka, northeast of Kupyansk near Kamyanka and toward Kolodyazne and Dvorichanske, east of Kupyansk near Petropavlivka; and southeast of Kupyansk near Pishchane and toward Kurylivka.

Order of Battle: Drone operators of the 68th Motorized Rifle Division (6th Combined Arms Army, Leningrad Military District) are reportedly striking Ukrainian forces near Kupyansk. — ISW (October 14, 2025)

Hmmm. Kharkiv Regional Military Administration chief Oleh Synehubov said the decision had been taken to evacuate 27 settlements of three territorial communities in an around Kupyansk.

Evacuation routes have already been determined and places of temporary r…