Nadiia Zamryha, head of the communications department of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Roman the Great, spoke about this on Hromadske Radio."Our area of responsibility is across the Oskil River, where the brigade entered back in 2022, participating in the Kharkiv counteroffensive. Some units crossed the Oskil River. And now we are holding the defense in those settlements. This is achieved with extremely difficult efforts because the enemy does not stop and continues to attempt assault actions.Currently, in our area, he conducts assault actions, let's say, 90-99 percent with his infantry. For a time, there were attempts to do this with equipment. At first, the Russians tried to enter with armored vehicles, even in columns, including armored personnel carriers (BMPs), tanks, and MT-LBs.But our guys very successfully and effectively destroyed all of it. Then they switched to lighter equipment like quad bikes, motorcycles, and buggies. But now they don't use that either, because they understand that it has all been turned into scrap metal."The brigade's spokeswoman emphasized that she "cannot speak for the city of Kupiansk" because their units are located across the Oskil River, but in their area of responsibility, they "do not observe an extraordinary increase in enemy forces." "Russia has been trying to carry out assault actions with a very small number of people in the assault group... if before it was 10-15, now it has decreased to even 2-3, and sometimes even 1 enemy soldier tries to advance.So that's the situation in our area of responsibility. Yes, day and night, in good weather, clear weather, or cloudy—they just, you know, in simple Ukrainian terms—keep pushing, trying. We destroy them, our pilots do an excellent job destroying them when they hide in the woods, and artillery and mortars get involved. But to say that this has increased in our area, I wouldn't say so at the moment."What are the priority targets for the units of the 14th Brigade, which are now holding positions across the Oskil River?"The brigade commander always emphasizes that destroying enemy infantry is fine when it approaches, but the priority for him, for all commanders, and for the brigade as a whole, is to destroy the Russian forces while they are still advancing from their rear.We have excellent, wonderful pilots of the SAPSAN battalion-unmanned systems who work at long distances with their 'little birds,' so we destroy logistics and heavy equipment that the enemy, of course, does not bring to the line of contact but keeps hidden in the rear. This includes tanks, self-propelled artillery systems (SAUs), fuel depots, and ammunition depots.So, the priority is also to destroy the Russian troops in their rear, in their logistical areas, to prevent them from reaching the line of contact. When, say, two or three people still try to slip through closer, then that, of course, becomes the priority. So, to be clear, we first make great efforts to destroy everything he has in his rear, as well as any concentrations of personnel." What are the main difficulties now?"The challenges in war are always the same. As the war has changed quite a bit, radically changed, let's say, even compared to this period last year, the challenges are technological. That is, their developments, their improvements, the introduction of new ones.The enemy's fire impact, yes, that's a challenge, and it's not new; it's a constant challenge of war.As for the weather conditions, yes, regarding the season, regarding autumn, the leaves will fall now, and it will be more difficult to camouflage ourselves and our equipment. But, you know, it's a mirror image, because the enemy will have the same autumn, the same leaves will fall, and they will also be more visible. Although, you know, we can't do anything about the weather or the season here. It comes down to military cunning, the military skill of camouflage, and doing what it takes to be one step ahead of the enemy," emphasized Nadiia Zamryha.