Daily Report from the Ukraine Field for 2022-09-08
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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Donbass offensive: Situation in Eastern #Ukraine at the end of 7 September 2022⚡️
▪️ Russian artillery has shelled targets in the village of Gay in the #Chernigov Region and in the villages of Volfino, Manukhovka, Stukalovka, Khodino and Volkovka in the #Sumy Region.
▪️ In the direction of #Kharkov, Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups are probing the defences of Russian units in the north of the region:
➖ AFU DRGs have carried out several sabotage attacks near #Volchansk on the border of the Kharkov region with Russia.
➖ Russian forces have carried out several missile attacks against AFU facilities in #Nemyshlyansky district of Kharkov.
▪️ In the direction of #Izyum, Ukrainian formations tried to build on their success at #Balakleya and encircle the city in several directions:
➖ Allied reserves, which had arrived in the meantime, were able to repel enemy attacks at #Shevchenkovo, north of #Balakleya. At the same time, the enemy moved reinforcements into the area in the hope of gaining control of important traffic arteries and forming a bridgehead for a further offensive against #Kupyansk.
➖ South of #Balakleya, the 93rd Brigade and a brigade of AFU Special Forces took control of #Bayrak and Krasnyaya Gusarovka, cutting off the city from the south. The next target of the Ukrainian Forces is likely to be #Zaliman in the east of the city.
➖ The enemy's main goal at the moment is to reach the villages of #Veseloye and #Kunye, which will cut off supplies to the Russian Forces' grouping in #Izyum.
➖ Ukrainian Forces are also concentrating reserves in the #Dolina area to hit the grouping in #Izyum from the south.
▪️ In the direction of #Bakhmut (#Artemovsk), the Allied forces are engaged in positional fighting on the outskirts of #Bakhmut and #Soledar.
▪️ In the direction of #Donetsk, the sides are fighting positional battles in the suburbs of Donetsk near #Pervomayskoye and in the outskirts of #Ugledar. Ukrainian militants, in turn, continued shelling the DPR capital and surrounding settlements, with civilian casualties.
▪️ In the #Zaporozhye region, the sides continue artillery duels across the Dnipro River. Russian Forces retaliate against enemy positions in #Nikopol and #Marganets, from where #Energodar and the #Zaporozhye NPP are shelled.
▪️ On the direction of #KrivoyRog, the situation remains unchanged. Russian units hold defensive positions on the southern outskirts of #Arkhangelskoye and #Olgino and south of #Vysokopolye. #Novovoznesenskoye remains under the control of the Ukrainian Forces.
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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Situation in the #Nikolaev-#KrivoyRog direction at the end of 7 September 2022⚡️
On the ninth day since the Ukrainian offensive on Kherson began, the frontline has stabilised. The AFU are still trying to expand their bridgehead to advance further towards Novaya Kakhovka and #Kherson, but are unable to build on their earlier success.
▪️ In the #Andreevka sector, the Ukrainian command continues to cling to Sukhoy Stavok and the surrounding settlements, trying to rotate the units there.
➖ Russian Ground and Airborne Forces artillery is pounding enemy positions in the narrow "intestine" near #Andreevka. Tornado-S MLRSs struck precisely at the AFU position near #Bereznegovatoye, and aerial bombs hit the bridgehead near Sukhoy Stavok. Russian units also approached the eastern outskirts of #Belogorka, which had been attacked by Su-34 bombers in recent days.
➖ Ukrainian militants are suffering losses of personnel and equipment. Vehicles with wounded and killed fighters drive almost continuously through #Bereznegovatoye towards the north. Equipment damaged by the attacks is also being transported through the village.
▪️ In the #PosadPokrovskoye sector, Ukrainian militants continue their attempts to entrench themselves west of the village of Ternovye Pody. Meanwhile, TRO brigade units are in no hurry to take new positions, having suffered heavy losses in suicide attacks in recent days.
▪️ In the #Snigirovka sector, it is relatively quiet. The AFU are not actively going on the offensive and are trying to drop shells from helicopters on the positions of the Russian paratroopers in the previously captured #Blagodatnoye.
▪️ In the #Olgino and #Vysokopolye areas there are no changes on the front line.
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I do not know whether the AFU outplayed someone or not. All I know is that the AFU did not accumulate its reserves in a vacuum, and everyone knew it. Now the AFU is not attacking our positions from a vacuum either. They are concentrating before going on the offensive. Yes, you can blame it on the nasty HIMARS hitting our rear, but it seems to me, in my naivety, that is not the reason why our artillery fire and the work of the Air Force are not giving proper results. It seems to me that the main reason why the AFU is pushing through our defenses at Balakleya is weak operational and tactical reconnaissance and targeting. Area-by-area fire does not bring proper results. What to do now, well I do not have a recipe. I do not know the situation well enough to give recipes. But as I see it, in such situations it would be wise not to save the Eagles and other UAVs, which should be expendable. Let them be shot down, but if they allow at least some time to provide accurate fire to inflict a decisive defeat on attacking AFU groups, it is much better and more effective than holding frontal attacks by more serves and various SOBR forces...
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Today there is a difficult situation in one part of the front. Yes, the Ukrainians have concentrated on a strike force and have moved forward. They are now fighting them with confidence, hitting them with aviation, artillery, and rocket forces, and the reserves have been brought up. One should understand that although the battle is short-lived, the events do not develop instantaneously. Artillery has to be brought up somewhere, the position has to be changed, ammunition has to be delivered somewhere, and reconnaissance has to be conducted first so as not to jump in at a breakneck speed. We are looking very decent in all the directions, we did a good job in Kherson and Nikolaev-Kryvyi Rih directions. I do not understand how the enemy suffered such losses, purely from the military point of view I did not understand the idea.
Somebody says that there was some diversionary maneuver at Kherson, but they lost not less than 5 thousand people there, it was a full-fledged offensive, but it was extremely ineptly planned. Yes, there have been no active combat operations in the Balakleya direction there for a long time, the enemy grouping is being localized. Yes, the situation is not easy, there were mistakes, but, unfortunately, nothing is without mistakes. But I believe that the measures taken will make it possible not just to rectify the situation, but to respond with extreme dignity, and I think this development is not far off.
In war, it is particularly important never to wish things were true. The truth is no more than the raw data for decision-making so that all the objectives can be properly defined and the tasks can be carried out.
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According to channel @smotri_z, Russian Armed Forces control Balakleya, garrison withdraws from the town
According to Come and See, the Balakleya garrison is withdrawing from operational encirclement.
💬"The town is still controlled by the Russian Armed Forces, the AFU is not storming it, but are using means to defeat the forces in the town," the channel's source said.
According to him, the AFU continue to move towards Kupyansk, trying to take control of the roads.
The Ukrainian army is suffering significant losses, but experienced units are involved in the operation.
The Russian Armed Forces can reverse the situation by deploying fresh reserves, artillery and aviation have also intensified.
💬"There were several rockets and MLRS attacks on Kharkiv during the night, and a glow of fighting was visible in the south of the city," the channel's interlocutor added.
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According to channel @smotri_z, Russian Armed Forces control Balakleya, garrison withdraws from the town
According to Come and See, the Balakleya garrison is withdrawing from operational encirclement.
💬"The town is still controlled by the Russian Armed Forces, the AFU is not storming it, but are using means to defeat the forces in the town," the channel's source said.
According to him, the AFU continue to move towards Kupyansk, trying to take control of the roads.
The Ukrainian army is suffering significant losses, but experienced units are involved in the operation.
The Russian Armed Forces can reverse the situation by deploying fresh reserves, artillery and aviation have also intensified.
💬"There were several rockets and MLRS attacks on Kharkiv during the night, and a glow of fighting was visible in the south of the city," the channel's interlocutor added.
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[Forwarded from Donbass Devushka (Area 52)]
⚡️The landing force was able to defend Shevchenkove⚡️
This is reported by the sources of the @wargonzo project in the Kharkov region.
Russian paratroopers deployed to help the allied forces, which were subjected to a counterattack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the lines of Balakliya-Izyum-Kupyansk, were able to repel numerous enemy attacks on Shevchenkove - one of those settlements that play a key role in the logistics and supply of our main garrisons in the Kharkov region.
Both separate units of the National Guard and the Ministry of Defense also continue to be located in Balakliya. On the situation in Kupyansk and its environs - details in the near future!
@wargonzo⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Balakleya Offensive: Situation in the Kharkov direction as of 12:00 8 Sep 2022⚡️
As expected, the AFU offensive has stalled. The flying squads took everything they could yesterday, and then, with the Russian Armed Forces' reserves coming in, they have to fight for everything in earnest.
At night there were attempts to probe the Allied forces' defenses near #Shevchenkove and #Balakleya, but in view of the approach of the Russian reserves to the latter last night (after a forced march) the prospects for the enemy here are not rosy.
Moreover, the AFU failed to preempt our units in the area of #Savintsy and thus prevented the enemy strike units from reaching the rear of the Balakleya and Izyum groups of the Russian Forces (which was our most important tactical success amid the problems of the first two days of fighting). Now we can rely on this region to prepare for the fight with the main enemy forces, which have not yet entered the fight from Kharkov at 12.00 on 08.09, but are at a distance of 10-25 km from the front line.
At the same time, Russian aviation and artillery are operating at full strength and inflicting tangible losses on the enemy, which leaves the Ukrainian command with a choice - either to attack quickly and try, (before the RF Forces have had time to bring up all the reserves) to build on their success and crush the enemy in pieces (but this is very risky, as it could repeat the history in the Kherson direction), or try to hold what is occupied, but risk wasting their strike force, which will be hit with everything they have in the coming days.
In fact, the main part of the #Balakleya battle has not yet begun, and it may end in favour of either side. But much of their prospects (for both sides) will depend on how much strength the Allied Command has allocated to the #Balakleya direction. This is because the second enemy grouping from the #Barvenkovo area has not yet entered the battle.
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[Forwarded from MoD Russia]
⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (September 8, 2022)
◽️ Due to high losses of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) that formed the basis of the attack group, Ukrainian troops have held no offensive operations at Nikolayev-Krivoy Rog direction.
💥 Russian Aerospace Forces, missile troops and artillery continue launching high-precision attacks at AFU units and reserve forces at the abovementioned direction.
◽️ The list of neutralised targets includes the command posts of 63rd Mechanised Brigade of the AFU near Bereznegovatoye (Nikolayev region), the manpower and military equipment of 46 Airmobile, 57th Mechanised Infantry and 28th Mechanised brigades of the AFU near Sukhoy Stavok, Petrovskoye, Plotnitskoye landmark (Kherson region), Murakhovka and Ternoviye Pody (Nikolayev region).
💥 1 munitions depot has been destroyed near Murakhovka (Nikolayev region).
💥 Fighter aviation of Russian Aerospace Forces has shot down 1 Su-25 of Ukrainian Air Force near Konstantinovka (Nikolayev region).
◽️ Due to high losses caused by concentrated fire attacks of Russian Armed Forces launched at the positions of 59th Mechanised Infantry Brigade of the AFU near Ukrainka, Zelyony Gay and Novogrivoryevka (Nikolayev region), Ukrainian servicemen refused to fulfil combat tasks and commenced withdrawing to the rear areas.
◽️ The enemy has lost a total of 2 tanks, 6 infantry combat vehicles and 5 other armoured vehicles, 7 pickups with large-calibre machine guns and over 190 servicemen at Nikolayev-Krivoy Rog direction over the past 24 hours.
💥 High-precision attacks of Russian Aerospace Forces have resulted in the neutralisation of the provisional bases of the units from 95th Air Assault Brigade near Slavyansk and 81st Airmobile Brigade near Kramatorsk (Donetsk People's Republic). Up to 120 Ukrainian servicemen, 15 armoured and motor vehicles have been eliminated.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery continue launching attacks at the military facilities in Ukraine.
💥 5 AFU command posts, including those of 72nd Mechanised, 58th and 53rd Mechanised Infantry brigades near Dzerzhinsk, Soledar and Artyomovsk (Donetsk People's Republic), 1st Tank Brigade near Novonikolayevka (Zaporozhye region), as well as 51 artillery units, 167 AFU manpower and military equipment concentration areas.
💥 5 missile, artillery and munitions depots have been destroyed near Trudovoye (Zaporozhye region), Kurakhovo, Konstantinovka, Seversk (Donetsk People's Republic) and Balakleya (Kharkov region).
💥 Moreover, 1 launching ramp of Buk-M1 air defence missile system has been destroyed near Belaya Krinitsa (Nikolayev region), as well as 1 air target detecting and tracking radar near Malomikhaylovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
💥 Air defence means of Russian Aerospace Forces have shot down 13 unmanned aerial vehicles near Chervonosyolovka, Ocheretovatoye and Aleksandrovka (Zaporozhye region), Vladimirovka, Mandrykino railway station, Kirillovka and Novoandreyevka (Donetsk People's Republic), Lyubimovka, Kreshchenovka, Kirovo and Tomina Balka (Kherson region), Alisovka (Kharkov region), Senkovka (Chernigov region), as well as Tochka-U ballistic missile near Rakovka (Kherson region).
💥 19 MRLS projectiles, including 16 launched by HIMARS, have been intercepted near Novaya Kakhovka, Molodyozhnoye (Kherson region), Novoosinovo, Grushevka (Kharkov region) and 3 rocket-propelled projectiles launched by Olkha MRLS near Antonovka (Kherson region).
📊 In total, 293 airplanes and 152 helicopters, 1,910 unmanned aerial vehicles, 374 air defence missile systems, 4,863 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 826 combat vehicles equipped with MRLS, 3,369 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 5,387 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Situation in the #Kharkov direction at 13.30 on 8 Sep 2022⚡️
The situation near #Balakleya remains difficult. Nevertheless, the enemy has not yet succeeded in fully mastering the road network to the north and west of the city, cutting off the supply of the Russian grouping near #Izyum.
▪️ The AFU is trying to storm the village of #Shevchenkovo on the Balakleya-Kupyansk trunk road. The deployed reserves of the Russian Armed Forces have so far repelled the Ukrainian attacks on the village. The enemy is not trying to launch an offensive to the north.
▪️ #Balakleya remains operationally encircled and all access roads are shot. However, the city remains under the control of Russian forces: according to some sources, they have even managed to bring reinforcements there. There is also information about the successful withdrawal of SOBR units from the encirclement.
▪️ Throughout the night, the Russian Air Force operated in the air, carrying out intensive missile and bomb attacks on the advancing AFU units and their reserves. The artillery of the Russian forces, including heavy TOS-1A flame-thrower systems, also continuously struck targets. These measures partially contained the enemy, causing casualties and slowing the pace of advance.
The Ukrainian command's closest objective is to reach the villages of #Veseloye and #Kunye and further to the Oskolskoye water reservoir. This would practically encircle the Russian Forces grouping near #Izyum, so the AFU will throw all forces to achieve the plan in the near future.
If this does not succeed, the fighting will turn into positional fighting and the Russian forces will be able to use local superiority in artillery and aviation to inflict heavy losses on the enemy.
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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Situation on the Slavyansk-Barvenkovsky Axis at 14:00 on 8 Sep 2022⚡️
Against the backdrop of the AFU offensive at #Balakleya to encircle the Russian grouping near #Slavyansk, the Ukrainian command is also concentrating south of #Izyum to attack Russian Forces in the area from the south.
▪️ Enemy manpower and equipment have been observed amassed near #Dolina and #Krasnopolye with the aim of a possible strike in the direction of #Kamenka to the south of #Izyum.
▪️ In the forests south of #Liman, Ukrainian DRGs are operating across the Seversky Donets. The militants are entering the settlements of #Brusovka, #Ozernoye and Stary Karavan undetected. They are in the "grey zone" and there are no Russian units in. Units with pontoon bridges were also moved to #Raygorodok and the surrounding area to establish a crossing.
▪️ In the area of #Suligovka, Russian Armed Forces units have cleared the forested areas to the south of the settlement from militants. The nearby town of #Dibrovnoye is under AFU control.
▪️ The Ukrainian command has launched an attack on #Kopanki with up to 100 men supported by tanks, APCs and BMPs. It aims to take the heights at the approaches to the settlement to further develop the offensive towards Malaya Kamyshevakha.
The AFU's intention is to put pressure on the Russian grouping near #Slavyansk and to hold back forces against the backdrop of the offensive at Balakleya, depriving the AFU of the opportunity to transfer reinforcements to the most dangerous areas to the north of #Izyum.
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BALAKLEYA
Fighting continues deep inside the city; however, the reports of the Russian forces withdrawing from Balakleya are at best premature and, at worst, false.
The problem is not Balakleya itself, but the road network surrounding it.
The Ukrainian attack vectors are in the direction of Shevchenkovo and Kunje, with the intention of cutting Balakleya off from, respectively, Izyum and Kupyansk.
While Ukrainian forces already exercise artillery firing control over the roadways connecting Balakleya to these centres (without preventing Russian reinforcements—such as they are—from reaching Balakleya), successful attacks against these key junctions will not only result in Balakleya being cut off—and eventually lost—but also in Ukrainian forces being able to plan further attacks on Izyum and Kupyansk.
While the Ukrainian army does not have the strength to go further, in my opinion, the loss of Balakleya would be a major defeat of the Russian operations in the area.
For that reason, the situation that had stabilized as merely negative yesterday has now returned to being critical.
Aleksandr Kots (@SashsKots) reports about the Balakleya battle, “unemotionally”.
The offensive in the Kharkov region that the Ukrainian army deployed this week is fundamentally different from what we saw in the Kherson theatre of the conflcit. First of all, the terrain here is completely different. I lived there for a month and a half, and I remember these woodlands, gullies, hills very well... Using them, the enemy attacked in several directions at once, aiming to cut off our grouping in Izyum from the rest of the Russian forces. The Izyum grouping depends on two road arteries for supplies, and the Ukrainian forces concentrated their efforts on these two arteries.
The first blow came at Balakleya. The Ukrainians attempted to rush into the town, but were stopped by Rosgvardia units. The police special forces heroically took the combined arms assault, preventing the enemy from breaking through. And the enemy went around from the south, occupying several settlements. The attackers have been unable to close the ring around Balakleya.
Reserves arriving from our side broke through a corridor to evacuate the wounded and reinforced the garrison with the regular units of the Ministry of Defence. At the time of writing, the enemy units were unable to break through to the intersection of the Chuguev-Izyum highway near the settlement of Veseloye. If it is lost, the Izyum group risks losing its supplies.
At the same time, Kiev regime forces attempted to take control of the road connecting Balakleya with Kupyansk. They succeeded in doing so as far as the settlement of Volokhov Yar, but to the north, near Shevchenkovo, they encountered Russian paratroopers, who prevented them from advancing further towards Kupyansk. There is a risk that the AFU will bypass Shevchenkovo and move towards Kupyansk, the unspoken capital of the liberated part of Kharkov region. The daring offensive, in which Kiev's command traditionally does not count losses, is also held back by Russian aviation, which operates virtually around the clock.
In just three days, the Ukrainian army managed to advance up to 20 kilometres in some areas. However, in this way they have stretched into two "bags" to the south and north of Balakleya, which is now of strategic importance. If it is not held, the two “intestines” will merge, levelling the front. However, with an existing corridor into Balakleya from our side and the approach of reserves, it would be possible to turn these "intestines" into cauldrons, in case our counteroffensive is launched. The situation in this direction remains very difficult, but not catastrophic.
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@Rybar Reports: Battle for Kherson: the Situation in the Posad-Pokrovsky Sector, as of 19.00 on September 6, 2022.
▪️In the afternoon, the Ukrainian forces launched an attack on the positions in the 20th Motorized Infantry Division between the settlements of Ternovye Pody and Petrovskoye. They succeeded in cutting into the defensive lines of the 20th Motorized Infantry Division.
▪️The Russian Armed Forces are redeploying reserves to the site of the local breakthrough. Artillery is working on the Ukrainian advancing units.
▪️ Unlike previous strikes at Posad-Pokrovsky, the enemy is now advancing with relatively small forces, without introducing reserves. This makes it possible to inflict heavy fire on a narrow section and push the AFU back to their initial positions.
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From @Boris Rozhin (ColonelCassad), a SitRep discussing the Balakleya-Kupyansk-Izyum triangle and the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the area:
1. The enemy has occupied at least part of Balakleya, including the local city council. Fighting continues in the town and on its outskirts, as confirmed by video from the AFU. It is likely that the main AFU forces are in the eastern part of Balakleya, as videos from the AFU are coming from the western parts of the town, where they entered from the direction of Verbovka and Bairak.
2. The enemy has established itself in Volokhov Yar, as well as continues fighting in the Shevchenkovo area (no confirming videos from the settlement) and throws saboteur-reconnaissance groups in the direction of Kupyansk and the highway to Izyum.
3. The enemy is also probing the possibility of advancing towards Kunya and on to Oskol to hit the Izyum group's communications.
4. Both sides are hastily deploying additional forces in this direction - ours to stabilize the front, the AFU to develop success. A large number of foreign mercenaries are being used.
5. On the whole, the operational crisis continues to develop and the Russian Armed Forces command is not yet able to stabilise the situation in this direction. What is happening is acutely reminiscent of the story of the loss of Palmyra in 2016.
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Back on July 25, 2022 (https://t.me/Slavyangrad/3600), I speculated whether the long-awaited "Great Kherson Counteroffensive" (which would not begin for another month) was real, was a ruse, or a ruse by necessity (by the latter I meant that the expectation of its failure would push Ukraine to plan another attack elsewhere).
I further speculated that this second counteroffensive would come in Zaporozhye. It came in the Balakleya-Kupyansk-Izyum triangle instead. In my view, it was inevitable that the Kherson attack would fail. Deep and built-up 3 separate layers of the Russian defensive lines made the failure of the Kherson counteroffensive, in my opinion, a foregone conclusion.
As late as the beginning of September, as the Balakleya attack began, commentators (including those I deeply respect) continued saying that the Kherson attack was never a ruse. I do not think so. Even with all the HIMARS and artillery support, the Kherson attack has been quickly neutralized, with few, if any, serious gains by the Ukrainian army (which will be carved back in due time).
I do not believe that the Ukrainian command ever considered that the Kherson offensive would meet with success. But it had to put up a serious claim in order to be taken seriously. Whilst laying its real plans elsewhere, near Balakleya.
While, at the time, I wondered whether it was a mistake to transfer Russian troops en masse to the Kherson front, the real mistake was not reinforcing other theatres of the conflict. Definitely, if Russia had not pulled her force to Kherson, the Ukrainian attack there would have been more fruitful.
As well, the recent successes in the Kurakhovo and Ugledar direction shows that Russian command took care of that theatre. What was not done was the reinforcement of the Izyum front. Perhaps, like I did, the Russian command expected the second attack in Zaporozhye. Perhaps it did not expect an attack at all—despite all signs pointing to a growing concentration of Ukrainian troops near Balakleya.
Whatever the case, the so-called "primary" Kherson Counteroffensive has become very much a secondary concern for the Russian forces. It is time to stop underestimating the strategic planning capabilities of the Ukrainian army. Time to be humble and treat the enemy as a serious, albeit gravely wounded, but still kicking player.
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@Dva_Majors (Two Majors, Trusted Source) report with a Balakleya and Kharkov SitRep:
🔴 Part of the 126th Rosgvardia regiment near Balakleya did not retreat. As well, in the eastern outskirts of the city, there remain several dozen PMC fighters.
🔵 The Ukrainian army has become active along the Dementievka-Udy (north of Kharkov) line, there has been fighting there since the morning. We expect the work of saboteur-reconnaissance groups during the night
🔴 The 674th Rosgvardia regiment troops fired mortars at the enemy's advanced forces, which decided to conduct a reconnaissance battle.
🔴 The 607th special forces Rosgvardia regiment of the Federal Guard Service inflicted appreciable losses on the Ukrainian forces by firing mortars and ATGMs at the enemy in the buildings and carried out precise aiming of artillery at the enemy's armoured vehicles.
In the areas of responsibility of these units, the Ukrainian army was unable to launch an offensive
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Vladislav Ugolny (@Zola_of_Renovation, obviously a Trusted Source) reports with a Balalkeya-Kupyansk-Izyum SitRep:
The Military-Civilian Administration of Kupyansk has announced the start of defence of the city. There's a war correspondent Poddubny @epoddubny and my fellow OPSB veteran @notes_veterans on the ground there. So, what we know so far:
1) Ukrainian forces control at least the western and southwestern parts of Balakleya. There is video confirmation. There is no confirmation of control of the north-eastern part, including known depots. So we can definitely talk about the loss of part of Balakleya. But it is possible that our resistance remains there. We will only know for sure if there is photographic confirmation of control of the arsenal.
2) Shevchenkovo and the crossroads near Veseloye-Kunya do not appear to have been occupied by the Ukrainian army. [GB: As noted earlier on this channel, Ukrainians bypassed Shevchenko, but did not take control of it.]
3) However, the Ukrainian forces made a breakthrough between these defensive points and were able to reach Kupyask and the Oskol Reservoir. These are forward units, and they do not have absolute control over this territory. The presence of the Ukrainian army near the village of Yasinovatoe and near Grushevakha has been confirmed.
4) Izyum is cut off from Kupyansk on the right bank of the Oskol River. Supply is possible through the left bank.
5) The AFU is intensively dropping saboteur-reconnaissance groups into the Krasno-Limansky district of the DNR. I am not personally aware of the possibility of their crossing there. @Rybar reports that there is such a possibility. If it is implemented, the grouping in Izyum will find itself in a cauldron.
6) The battle for Kupyansk will take place this night. We have faith in the Russian army.
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Military expert @Boris_Rozhin reports with a SitRep on the situation in the Balakleya-Kupyansk-Izyum triangle as of 23:00 Moscow time on 08.09.2022 (edited):
1—Balakleya is partially controlled by the enemy. The Russian Armed Forces were still fighting in the eastern part of the city in the evening. The situation to the east of Balakleya itself is not clear. The enemy tried to cut it off completely from the main forces. Bayrak is completely under the Ukrainian forces, as is Verbovka.
2—The enemy controls Volokhov Yar and the Volokhov Yar-Balakleya road, including the settlement of Yakimenkovo. Settlements to the west of Shevchenkovo are either occupied by the enemy or will be occupied by the enemy in the coming days. Apparently, troops were withdrawn from the Chkalovskoe area to avoid encirclement.
3—The enemy is mounting an advance to Shevchenkovo from its bridgehead at Volokhov Yar, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, is attempting to move south-east to the Izyum highway. It has been stopped there for the time being.
4—The Ukrainian Armed Forces have not yet provided evidence of their control of Shevchenkovo, apart from a photo at the entrance to the village near the stele. Nevertheless, the emergence of enemy saboteur-reconnaissance groups within a few kilometres of Kupyansk and the threat of an attack on the city suggest that the enemy has either taken Shevchenkovo or bypassed and is trying to break through to Kupyansk, which is preparing to defend itself.
5—In the current realities, the main tasks of the Russian Armed Forces at the moment are to hold Kupyansk and ensure the safety of the Kupyansk-Izyum highway, curtailing the possibility of an auxiliary offensive by the Ukrainian army in the Izyum direction in order to restrain the Ukrainian forces. Auxiliary actions of the Ukrainians in the direction of Krasnyy Liman through the grey zone on the northern bank of the Seversky Donets are also possible.
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@Rybar’s SitRep of the Izyum Theatre (Balakleya-Kupyansk-Izyum Triangle), as of the end of September 8, 2022.
▪️ By the evening of the third day of the Ukrainian offensive in the Kharkov region, Russian units left Balakleya. Russian Armed Forces and Rosgvardia fighters left the town in an orderly manner through a corridor on the eastern outskirts [GB: Reserves, it turns out, according to various reports, were earlier brought to Balakleya to punch through the corridor and to facilitate the withdrawal of the operationally encircled Russian units, not to support a battle for the control of the city.]
▪️After capturing Volkhov Yar, Ukrainian forces advanced towards Shevchenkovo, where a part of the Ukrainian forces’ grouping blockaded the settlement, while other units continued towards Kupyansk.
▪️ Late in the day, Ukrainian forces split up: some units reached the Kupyansk-Shevchenkovo highway near the village of Grushevka, occupying the settlement and starting preparations for a further assault on Kupyansk.
▪️ Another part of the enemy grouping made a dash to the east, engaging in fighting near the village of Senkovo on the bank of the Oskol River. There is a bridge in the village, the seizure of which will make it possible to cut off Izyum's supply from the Kupyansk side.
▪️Southeast of Balakleya, the Ukrainian army is attempting to advance towards Veseloye and Kunya, but enemy units were repulsed near Zaliman. Veseloye is a key transport interchange providing a link to Izyum.
▪️ To the north of Slavyansk, the Ukrainian command plans to launch an offensive against Russian forces in Izyum in order to constrain their actions and prevent them from manoeuvring. Russian artillery and aviation are working intensively through the surrounding forests.
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@Rybar’s SitRep of the Izyum Theatre (Balakleya-Kupyansk-Izyum Triangle), as of the end of September 8, 2022.
▪️ By the evening of the third day of the Ukrainian offensive in the Kharkov region, Russian units left Balakleya. Russian Armed Forces and Rosgvardia fighters left the town in an orderly manner through a corridor on the eastern outskirts [GB: Reserves, it turns out, according to various reports, were earlier brought to Balakleya to punch through the corridor and to facilitate the withdrawal of the operationally encircled Russian units, not to support a battle for the control of the city.]
▪️After capturing Volkhov Yar, Ukrainian forces advanced towards Shevchenkovo, where a part of the Ukrainian forces’ grouping blockaded the settlement, while other units continued towards Kupyansk.
▪️ Late in the day, Ukrainian forces split up: some units reached the Kupyansk-Shevchenkovo highway near the village of Grushevka, occupying the settlement and starting preparations for a further assault on Kupyansk.
▪️ Another part of the enemy grouping made a dash to the east, engaging in fighting near the village of Senkovo on the bank of the Oskol River. There is a bridge in the village, the seizure of which will make it possible to cut off Izyum's supply from the Kupyansk side.
▪️Southeast of Balakleya, the Ukrainian army is attempting to advance towards Veseloye and Kunya, but enemy units were repulsed near Zaliman. Veseloye is a key transport interchange providing a link to Izyum.
▪️ To the north of Slavyansk, the Ukrainian command plans to launch an offensive against Russian forces in Izyum in order to constrain their actions and prevent them from manoeuvring. Russian artillery and aviation are working intensively through the surrounding forests.
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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Offensive near #Peski by the End of 8 Sep 2022⚡️
▪️ The Sparta Battalion, together with the Archangel Michael Battalion, completely captured the "Big Ant Farm" base after long battles. This was a mighty fortress on a small hill with multi-level corridors and concrete shelters from which Ukrainian militants had shelled the city for eight years.
▪️ The DPR Militia fighters have completed clearing the AFU strongholds in the western part of the #Donetsk Airport runway and have reached the Ring Road near #Opytnoye.
▪️ East of #Opytnoye, fighting for an Ukrainian base on the territory of an abandoned air defence unit continues. Intensive artillery attacks are being carried out. In the long term, the capture of the settlement will enable an offensive towards #Vodyane and on to #Orlovskoye to encircle #Avdeevka.
▪️ West of #Peski, fighting continues for the also well fortified #Pervomayskoye.
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