1/ An interesting Russian commentary here on the apparent defeat at Balakliya. Translation below.
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1567675839109632008
2/ "News from the front.
What happened near Balakleya?
The actions of the AFU [Armed Forces of Ukraine] were obvious and predictable, but everything came out of the blue for some reason.
What happened near Balakleya?
The actions of the AFU [Armed Forces of Ukraine] were obvious and predictable, but everything came out of the blue for some reason.
3/ In fact, by 14:00 on September 6, when the AFU had already gone on the offensive, for reasons unknown, which we hope the officials will tell us, the Balakleya garrison was abandoned by the MOD and militia units.
4/ Two companies of the GNS and SOBR, the OMON [riot police] of the Rosgvardia [Federal Guard Service of Russia] were left almost alone in the town, with about 15 (!) tanks bursting towards it.
5/ The AFU swiftly occupied 8 settlements near Balakleya in half a day including Bayrak, Chervonaya Husarovka, Grakovo, Verbovka, Savintsi, Novaya Husarovka.
Today the AFU occupied Yakovenkovo, Brigadirivka.
The AFU occupied Sosnovka and Dementievka in the direction of Ud.
Today the AFU occupied Yakovenkovo, Brigadirivka.
The AFU occupied Sosnovka and Dementievka in the direction of Ud.
6/ The AFU concentrated a powerful tank group in the direction of Ud, at the peak of the offensive 15-17 vehicles were moving forward.
7/ Aircraft of the [Russian] grouping could not help the Rosgvardia garrison in time, because the direction was saturated with Ukrainian air defences.
8/ (No one had tasked GRU reconnaissance and special forces with detecting and destroying them, because reconnaissance was used to storm strongholds and towns due to the lack of infantry.)
9/ As happened a fortnight ago during the evacuation of civilians from Ud by the Rosgvardia OMON, this revealed almost zero interaction between artillery of the Defence Ministry and police units of the Rosgvardia...
10/ which acted autonomously from each other for the 7th month of the war.
When a request was made to suppress the enemy, unnecessary clarifications and nods were made to the presence of the [Rosgvardia's] own artillery units (120mm mortars) (!).
When a request was made to suppress the enemy, unnecessary clarifications and nods were made to the presence of the [Rosgvardia's] own artillery units (120mm mortars) (!).
11/ Later, at 14:00, the evacuation of the garrison became impossible, since the road was under enemy fire control.
Now Balakleya is still holding, aviation is working at the limit of its capabilities, pilots are going to hell to bombard enemy columns.
Now Balakleya is still holding, aviation is working at the limit of its capabilities, pilots are going to hell to bombard enemy columns.
12/ The enemy is using the tactic of swift attack: an advance group of SOF/Special Forces fighters fly into the centre of the settlement at speed, dismount, suppress everything around it, followed by the main armoured group to hold the settlement. /end
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