Ukrainians are desperately fighting for Kupiansk, while Merz refuses to send the army for help 0 9

Despite all the false statements from the Russian command, the village of Kupiansk-Uzlovoy is under full control of the Ukrainian Defense Forces. This is reported by analysts from the DeepState portal.

"In recent days, daily videos from a Ukrainian serviceman serve as good confirmation. He is not only without a bulletproof vest and helmet but also without a hat, walking around the center of the village," they note.

Commenting on the situation in the village, DeepState noted that small groups of the enemy are infiltrating the settlement, attempting to infiltrate Kupiansk-Uzlovoy from the area of Pisky by railway, and Ukrainian soldiers have to eliminate them quite often.

As noted by the commander of the 429th separate brigade of unmanned systems 'Achilles', Yuriy Fedorenko, in the Kupiansk direction, "the occupiers often dress in the uniforms of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to penetrate as deeply as possible into Ukrainian combat formations."

Also, in the Dobropillya direction, the Russian occupiers currently have quite low success in terms of advancement. Press officer of the 33rd separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Nazar Voytenkov, reported that the Russians are only walking on foot, disguising themselves in various ways, and even pretending to be dead.

Meanwhile, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz rejected the proposal from the leader of the center-right European People's Party, Manfred Weber, that a joint European army could play a role in post-war peacekeeping in Ukraine, writes Politico.

It is noted that recently Weber made a series of proposals aimed at enhancing the European Union's influence on the international stage. In particular, he suggested that military personnel from European countries operate under a single flag in Ukraine as part of post-war security guarantees.