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Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Balaclava. 10.09.2022. Evening
1. The enemy announced the capture of Balakleya. There is no information about the fighting around the city.
2. The enemy also announced the capture of the western part of Kupyansk. On the other side, the DRG is already operating.
3. Even according to the statements of the enemy, he has not yet entered Izyum. In the morning and afternoon there were still battles. Part of the forces began to retreat to Oskol at night. The situation in the areas south and west of Izyum is not clear.
4. After occupying the western part of Kupyansk, as well as Shevchenkovo, the enemy threw groups of DRGs and light infantry to the north, which are advancing towards Veliky Burluk, taking advantage of the absence of a continuous front line.
5. Volchansk is being evacuated. There is conflicting information about whether the city will be held.
6. Svatovo is under the complete control of the LPR, no one approached him. During the day there was no particular panic.
7. Krasny Liman and Yampol. By evening, they were held by our troops, who repelled several enemy attacks. The enemy's plan to rapidly reach Oskol from the south during one day failed.
8. In the light of the official withdrawal of the RF Armed Forces from the Kharkiv region, it is still difficult to say where the deployment line of the withdrawn troops, as outlined by the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, is located.
Regarding questions about the conclusions about what happened, everything will be fine. As the front stabilizes, there will be material on the results of the entire Balakleya breakthrough (like analysis of the retreat from Palmyra and the defeat near Tabka) and its operational consequences. I think that somehow he will go down in military history. Well, let's talk about the reasons. Anticipating the question - "Do you think that this is a cunning plan and everything was intended"? - "No, this is not a cunning plan," I did not believe in cunning plans in 2014, and even more so now. Missed a hook to the jaw. You have to get up and fight on.
From an emotional point of view, one of the most difficult days since the beginning of the NWO. You have to get over it and keep fighting. A long war lies ahead.
Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the retreat in the Kharkov direction
[ColonelCassad] There was an official comment of the RF Ministry of Defense about what is happening:
In order to achieve the goals of the NMD, a decision was made to regroup troops in the Balakliya and Izyum regions to build up efforts in the Donetsk direction. Within three days, an operation was carried out to curtail and transfer the Izyum-Balakliya group of troops to the territory of the DPR.
A number of distracting and demonstration activities were carried out with the designation of the real actions of the troops. In order to prevent damage to the troops of the Russian Federation, a powerful fire defeat was inflicted on the enemy using aviation, missile troops and artillery.
The RF Armed Forces destroyed more than 2,000 Ukrainian and foreign fighters, as well as over 100 pieces of armored vehicles and artillery in three days.
Where exactly the new lines of defense will pass is still unclear. Volchansk, judging by the statements, will also be surrendered.
But in fact, in addition to Balakleya and Izyum, one can expect the abandonment of a significant part of the controlled territory of the Kharkiv region.
In fact, this is the most serious defeat of the RF Armed Forces since the beginning of the SVO.
The reasons will be a separate material after the stabilization of the front.
Balakley. 09/10/2022. Day
[ColonelCassad] 1. Enemy light infantry was spotted at the northern entrance to Izyum. There are no confirmation videos from the city itself yet.
The withdrawal of troops to Oskol began at night. However, there is still no evidence that the enemy is in Izyum.
2. Krasny Liman and Yampol were held by the RF Armed Forces in the middle of the day. Enemy attacks are repelled. Oskol, as far as one can understand, is also controlled by the RF Armed Forces, which allows you to keep the road in the direction of Izyum.
3. The western part of Kupyansk is controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Eastern Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The enemy is also probing the possibility of advancing northwest of Kupyansk in the direction of Veliky Buruluk.
4. Svatovo under the control of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The front is now at Oskol. Columns of refugees from Izyum and Kupyansk pass through the city.
5. It is reported that the enemy transported several DRGs near Gotomli (he had already landed there before, but was driven out of there). The enemy is also shelling Volchansk in order to sow panic.
6. The stuffing about the loss of Aleksandrovka near Kherson, which was dispersed today, is either due to a mistake or disinformation, the enemy occupied the village of Aleksandrovka near Shevchenkovo. Aleksandrovka near Kherson under the control of the RF Armed Forces - enemy attacks there were repulsed.
Departure from Izyum
[ColonelCassad] There are reports that the troops are withdrawing from Izyum beyond Oskol to avoid encirclement in the event of an enemy breakthrough to Oskol and Gorokhovatka. Apparently, at the current stage, it is not possible to keep the logistics to Izyum, so the choice was made in favor of keeping the troops in order to avoid the boiler. Voenkor Sreda reports that in the morning when he left Izium there was the only open road (most likely through Oskol).
Reports continue to be received about enemy pressure on Krasny Liman and about the withdrawal of personnel from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Emergency Situations from the city.
Fighting continues on the outskirts of the city.
So far, it is not completely clear where the command is going to stabilize the front after the Balakleya breakthrough.
Balakley. 09/10/2022
[ColonelCassad] 1. At night, the RF Armed Forces withdrew behind Oskol in Kupyansk (yesterday the bridge across the river was badly damaged) and the enemy began to occupy the western part of Kupyansk in the morning. The RF Armed Forces were in the eastern part of the city in the morning.
2. The enemy continued to attack in the Izyum direction, trying to go directly to Izyum. As of yesterday evening, the front was 5-10 km from the city. The enemy DRG moving along Oskol sought to reach Gorokhovatka and further to Oskol.
3. Krasny Liman began to be subjected to artillery strikes in the morning, and in the morning an attack began on the positions of the RF Armed Forces in the area of ​​Krasny Liman from the area of ​​the Old Caravan. The goal of the enemy is to capture the Krasny Liman and further attack on Oskol, in order to cut off the Izyum grouping. In the event of the loss of Krasny Liman, the question of the need to withdraw the entire Izyum group may rise to its full height. However, the issue of the withdrawal of troops is already on the agenda, since there is a non-illusory threat of encirclement near Izyum.
4. Regarding Balakleya, the enemy posted confirming photographs of control from the northern part of the warehouses.
The capture of Balakleya has not yet been announced.
In general, the operational crisis after the enemy breakthrough near Balakleya continues to develop. The command has not yet been able to stabilize the front.