There is absolute panic among Russian sources about the situation in Balakliya.
They fear an "Ukrainian assault at 4am" tomorrow, claim "English speaking mercenaries are leading the offensive" & talk about Russian "units, getting encircled in the direction of Kharkiv". #beautiful
Latest Russian reports indicate a large-scale Ukraine offensive along 17 km of the Balakliya-Kupyansk highway with attacks on two cities along the hgihway and Balakliya itself.
Verbivka is not in the report, possibly meaning it was already taken by Ukrainian forces.
I mean, confirming it is still under Ukrainian control.
Russian activists, close to the Kremlin army, remain in shock and more and more of them come to the conclusion that Ukraine may actually win this war.
"We must also be prepared for the fact that in a number of areas we will / will go over to the defensive and repel enemy attacks and advances."
This RUS account paints an entirely different picture of the situation, claiming UKR has both failed in liberating Balakiya & cutting it off from its supply line to the East.
Only in the direction of Shevchenkove it admits some Ukrainian success, which it claims won't hold long.
Geheimpapier aus dem #BMVg: 🇩🇪 will weiter KEINEN der 500 #Dingo in die 🇺🇦 liefern, weil alle „für die Ausbildung und Inübunghaltung sowie im Einsatz genutzt“ würden. @MelnykAndrij kann „diese Verweigerungshaltung der Ampel-Regierung nicht nachvollziehen“. bild.de/bild-plus/poli…
@MelnykAndrij Weil Deutschland keine gepanzerten Fahrzeuge liefert, müssen ukrainische Soldaten auch sechs Monate nach Kriegsbeginn bei ihren Vormärschen entweder zu zehnt auf ein BTR oder gleich ganz laufen.
Beides ist hochgefährlich und kostet täglich Menschenleben. #DankeScholz
@MelnykAndrij Die Wahrheit ist: Wir könnten der Ukraine – selbst jenseits von Panzern, Schützenpanzern & Transportpanzern – HUNDERTE gepanzerte Fahrzeuge zur Verfügung stellen, um ihr Land endlich zurückerobern zu können – ohne die Verteidigungsfähigkeit Deutls zu mindern.
Tun wir aber nicht.
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Ukrainian forces liberated Yakovenkove, Kalynivka, Taranushyne and Volokhiv Yar in Kharkiv oblast and are advancing along the M03 towards Izyum plus encircling Balakliya.
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Ukrainian forces entered Balakliya from the West.
(Conservative map, more Ukrainian gains are possibly, but are visually unverified so far.)
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Ukrainian forces liberated Bairak, south of Balalkiya, with no Russian resistance in sight.
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Ukrainian forces caprtured the southern part of Vysokopillya in northern Kherson oblast, a geolocated image from the town's hospital proves.
Russian source - which I am strictly forbidden to quote of course - confirm the Ukrainian advance and say Olhyne & Arkhangelsk are also under severe Ukrainian attack with both towns now more than 50% under Ukrainian control.
Never forget: Orange stripes are just coping strategy.
So red is Russian-occupied on their maps with orange/yellow stripes just outside their control.
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Russian invasion forces are waging a new offensive East of #Kharkiv, according to the Ukrainian general staff.
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Three days after opposing reports, Dovhenke seems to be back under Russian control.
According to the Ukrainian general staff fighting continues in Mazanivka.
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"Fighting continues in the Soledar and Bakhmutsky areas", the Ukrainian general staff reports.
Russian invasion forces are inside Soledar and trying to advance westwards. They aslo threaten to cut off Bakhmutsky defenders from Ukrainian forces in Soledar.