The first line of defense near #Balakliya was taken by #AFU from Verbovka, and several #LPR reservists were captured.
According to #Russian sources, the defense here was rather weak, which is why #Ukraine#NATO chose it as the direction of the main attack. #Kharkov#Offensive
When retreating to the second line of defense from Verbovka, #LPR reservists blew up the bridge.
The assault continues, according to reports, #Ukraine Army could not penetrate the city of #Balakliya
#Ukraine Army made an attempt to break through in the #Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction by the forces of motorized infantry units with the support of infantry fighting vehicles, but they were stopped by units of #Russian paratroopers.
by Rybap
Combat operation of airborne units during the special military operation #Ukrainian units attempted a breakthrough in the #Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction by motorized infantry units supported by infantry fighting vehicles, but were stopped by units of #Russian paratroopers. 2/
#AFU were stopped by artillery, standard armament of paratrooper combat vehicles, large-calibre machine guns, anti-tank missile systems, small arms and grenade launchers.
In total, over 20 AFU soldiers and more than five enemy vehicles were destroyed.
August 24 seems to have become a black day for #Ukrainian artillery. Not because of events at the front, but on the home front. A missile strike destroyed 3 large workshops of the #Shepetivka repair plant.
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The shops even before the SMO were full of all kinds of #artillery being repaired, and now you can imagine how full they were. I think a couple or three dozen can be crossed out. The exact number we are unlikely to ever know. #Shepetivka#Ukrainerussiawar 2/
And the loss of remanufacturing capacity at this level is also a huge blow. The plant is certainly not destroyed, there is still a lot of work to be done.
Looking by the damage and the deformations, the passenger carriage train got hit by an air burst hit from Iskander M/K (more likely K)
Big decapitation move ~50-200 #Ukraine servicemen killed ,explains the lack of crater on the ground too. #UkraineRussiaWar by missiles and nukes
Big decapitation move ~50-200 #Ukraine servicemen killed by what is most likely Iskander K air burst hit (no ground crater).