Kupiansk or Kupyansk is a city in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Kupiansk Raion. It is also an important railroad junction for the oblast. Kupiansk hosts the administration of Kupiansk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It had a population of 26,627 (2022 estimate). In February 2024, more than 3,500 people remained in the city, and by November 2025, its population had declined to 560. It is located in the historic region of Sloboda Ukraine.
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As of November 2025, Russian forces claim control of the city while top Ukrainian military officials deny this.
Until 18 July 2020, Kupiansk was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and the center of Kupiansk Municipality. The municipality was abolished in July 2020, as part of administrative reforms in Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions in Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Kupiansk Municipality was merged into Kupiansk Raion.
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Towns around Kupyansk
- Kivsharivka9.9 km SE
- Svatove51 km SE
- Izyum61 km SW
- Balakliya62 km SW
- Valuyki65 km NE
- Chuhuyiv68 km W
- Slobozhanske80 km W
- Vovchansk81 km NW
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