News archive on the topic "Balakleya"

Ukrainian punitive forces closed Izyum for two weeks. Both for entry and exit. Naturally, there is no Internet there, as well as communications. This is motivated by the fact that the military, the prosecutor's office, the police, the SBU, the State Bureau of Investigation, in general, the entire repressive machine, come there. Well, of course, without “patriots” in the spirit of the Krakens and others. The ban on entry and exit is motivated by the fact that...

Colonel Gennady Alekhin, a military officer and comrade-in-arms of the legendary General Troshev, continues to analyze the progress of the North Military District for the readers of PolitNavigator. Over the past three days, significant changes have occurred in the Kharkov direction. As a result of the offensive actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Balakleya-Kupyansk-Izyum triangle, the allied forces were forced to move towards Donbass. Unfortunately, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were able to achieve major tactical success by striking mobile armored units at...

At this stage of the conflict, the Balakleya-Izyum battle is a general battle. Which, by the way, is still ongoing. The Ukrainian formations managed to advance, firstly, due to the fact that our troops are numerically inferior to the dill (from the very beginning of the special operation, we beat them like Suvorov, with smaller forces). And secondly, to the fact that Ukrainian formations carried out a quantitative and qualitative superconcentration of their troops in this direction...

Mass torture and murder of the Russian population began in the cities of the Kharkov region abandoned by the Russian army. Although, back in the summer, high officials from Moscow promised locals that “Russia is here forever,” announced a referendum, and began issuing Russian documents and car license plates. “I talked to a woman from Izyum. Her sister remained in the city under the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The husband is paralyzed. The story gives me chills! After…

PolitNavigator continues to publish notes from film scriptwriter Konstantin Kovrigin, made during a recent visit to Kherson. His previous materials can be read here and here. This morning I thought that it was not worth writing about this, it was irrelevant. It will wait, but reports of the detention of “Moscow’s accomplices,” in particular, teachers near Kharkov as a result of the Ukrainian counter-offensive, are terrifying. I won’t say where exactly... Kherson...

In the Kharkov direction, where there was a successful offensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a breakthrough of the front, an extremely difficult situation remains for the RF Armed Forces. Military correspondent Alexander Kots writes about this, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The situation is difficult. Judging by the map of the respected Rybar, then at this moment the supply routes for the group from Kupyansk are cut off. The Armed Forces of Ukraine did not have to go to the intersection in the Vesely k…

Ukrainian formations are not reducing their activity in the Balakleya region, trying to build on the success of their offensive in the Kharkov region. This was reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent from sources monitoring military activity in this direction. "1. In the area of ​​​​Kupyansk at night they repulsed the activity of the enemy's DRG. The city is completely under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. 2. Fighting continued in the Shevchenkovo ​​area and in Shevchenkovo ​​itself. 3.…

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense on its Twitter page is forecasting “hot weather” in Crimea, calling on local residents to evacuate in anticipation of the Ukrainian offensive. In its message, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense mockingly notes that the Russians “may set a new world record for open water swimming.” “Forecasters say that it will be very hot in Crimea. It's time for the Russian invaders to prepare for the swim. To…

The lack of comments from officials about what is happening around Balakleya is a mistake, since in conditions of an information vacuum, the Russian average person will look for information in the Ukrainian media. Military expert Vladislav Shurygin spoke about this on radio “KP,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “What percentage should war occupy in our information space? Today I watched four channels - the war is gone...

Ukrainian flags fly over Balakleya and Volkhov Yar. Sources report that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are changing tactics, and instead of storming cities, they are taking them into a tactical encirclement, cutting them off from sources of supply. If Balakleya is finally taken, then the entire group of the Russian army stationed in the Izyum direction may be blocked. And also Borshchevka and Verbovka - there too, as in Volkhov...

The Ukrainian flag is hoisted over the Balakleya City Hall. Also, footage of a blue and yellow banner appeared near the monument to the Ukrainian idol Taras Shevchenko. Columnist Boris Rozhin claims that fighting is still ongoing in and around the city. Publicist Yegor Kholmogorov writes that the seizure of Balakleya by the Armed Forces of Ukraine looks especially depressing “against the backdrop of the fact that the Ukrainians have been defending every small village for months.” Former Minister of Defense of the DPR Igor...

The situation in the Kharkov region, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces have gone on the offensive and are pushing back the Russian Armed Forces, is explained by the fact that Russia continues to live and act according to the logic of peaceful, not military life. The famous Moscow political scientist Sergei Markov comes to this conclusion, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Balakleya. Fights here can have big consequences. Why is the Ukrainian Armed Forces advancing while the Russian army is retreating? Because…

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are transferring more and more reserves to the Kharkov direction, necessary to consolidate the successes achieved during the offensive. This was reported by the PolitNavigator correspondent on the telegram channel “Notes of a Veteran”, the author of which is located directly in the combat zone in the Kharkov direction. “The Ukrainian Nazi command is transferring reinforcements from the Kherson front through Dnepropetrovsk to Kharkov. Military soldiers were spotted in Novomoskovsk...

The combined detachment of the Russian Guard suffered losses during the defense of Balakleya, but left the city. Military analyst Ilya Kramnik reports this, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports on his telegram channel: “The combined detachment of the Russian Guard from the Samara region left Balakleya, not without losses, but still. The city was not surrendered; they were replaced by the military. What’s next – as always, to God and the General Staff,”...