According to his experts, after last day, Ukrainian forces probably took positions within 15 km from Kupyansk. Russian rear in the Kharkiv region is "now vulnerable for further advance of Ukrainians", and the Armed Forces have a chance to return Kupyansk for the next 72 hours (three days), according to ISW. "The relatively high speed of the offensive of the Ukrainian troops and the proximity to Kupyansk is panicked in the Russian rear areas," the authors state.
Video day in ISW also confirms the release of Balakliya, noting that the report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation about the alleged blow on the Ukrainian warehouse at this point only once again indirectly proves that the city was under control of the Armed Forces.
At the same time, Ukrainian successes on the Kharkiv-Inum line undermined the trust in the Russian command among the invaders as much as it was not observed since the defeat of the Russian Federation near Bigorivka (Lugansk region) in May 2022. Since then, such "tone and scale" of criticism among Russian propagandists has not been recorded.
The information confirmed by the Ukrainian General Staff that on September 8, the Armed Forces advanced 50 km deep into Russian defensive positions north of Izium - against the background of the silence of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Defense - "prompted many Russian bloggers to criticize and discuss Russia's inability to maintain control over Balaklia", experts said.
Among them, they voiced against the military leadership of the Russian Federation were as follows: “The Ministry of Defense of Russia repeated its information mistake in the case of Bigorivka, not recognizing [critical for the Russian forces] the situation in Kharkiv region and without formulating the desired narrative, leaving the bloggers to fill this gap with criticism of Russian forces. », - the ISW experts emphasize.
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