President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday shared a video of himself rallying troops at Kupyansk, a city Russia claimed to have taken control of,
Kyiv Post reports.
In the video, the city limit sign for Kupyansk is visible in the background, with intermittent explosions audible. The Kremlin claimed to have captured the city in late November and invited journalists to visit it alongside Russian troops.
Zelensky rallied troops and said battlefield gains could influence ongoing peace talks.
“Today is the Kupyansk sector, our soldiers who are achieving results for Ukraine here. Many Russians have talked about Kupyansk – we see. I was there, I congratulated the guys,” Zelensky said in his Telegram update alongside the video. “Thank you to every unit, everyone who is fighting here, everyone who is destroying the occupier.”
