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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Battles for Balakleya. 08.09.2022
2022-09-08
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Briefly on the situation in the Balakleya area on the morning of September 8.

1. The city itself was under the control of the RF Armed Forces in the morning. At night, two assault attempts were repelled.

2. The road network to the north of the city, including the interchange at Volokhov Yar, is still not controlled.

3. The enemy continues to attempt to storm Shevchenkovo, but so far they have been unsuccessful.

4. The enemy continues to try to infiltrate the Izyum highway from the interchange area near Volokhov Yar.

5. Both sides are now actively using their reserves in the ongoing battle.

6. There is a serious operational crisis, which is still far from being resolved.

Posted by:badanov

#6  Town names are inflected in Russian/Ukrainian? Yikes!!
Posted by: Nero   2022-09-08 18:51  

#5  (Just how many spellings are there for Ukrainian towns? It's as bad as Arabic transliteration...)

Russians and Ukrainians change town names all the time.

Until a few years ago Bakhmut was known as Artemovsk. Sometimes Russian use Bakhmut, sometimes they use Artemovsk. Russian use Slavyansk, but Ukrainians spell it Sloviansk. And that spelling will change based on its use in a sentance.

Then there are problems with Russian syntax. A town's name will change based on its use in a sentence, that is, if the machine translator catches it. It doesn't always catch it.
Posted by: badanov   2022-09-08 17:58  

#4  Multiple photos and vids of Ukr raising flags, being welcomed by civilians in Balakliya, if you care to look about. Apparently some reporting of Ukr presence south of Cupyansk on Russian Telegram channels, but no confirming geolocated reports. (Just how many spellings are there for Ukrainian towns? It's as bad as Arabic transliteration...)
Posted by: Nero   2022-09-08 17:25  

#3  https://liveuamap.com/ geolocates everything and only updates the map when confirmed. Looks like your theory of just a flash media event is wrong.

And Iranian drones are low tech and pretty much garbage. Not even as good as the cobbled together ones Russia has.
Posted by: DarthVader   2022-09-08 16:49  

#2  Many opinionated journalists. One says with spin one thing and the other does her or his spin thing. So do you believe Ukrainians or Russian reports. So small units of Ukrainians traveled up rural routes to provide a flash media event. Russian support groups meanwhile have arrived and are shelling and providing air strikes. Loss of life by Ukrainians again as with Kherson. Really at this point a slow grind continues. Supplies abundant for Russians. Drones, missiles, electronics and so on. So I might add the Iranian drones pose a new threat as these drones are soon to be available to strike with missiles.
Posted by: Dale   2022-09-08 16:00  

#1  Balakey liberated
Posted by: DarthVader   2022-09-08 14:39  

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