The development of the fighting (197th day): The Russians are afraid, they have days left to avert a disaster, and the Ukrainians are already near a key city – Diary N

It is definite that a major event of the war is taking place. How the Russians want to prevent a disaster. How the Ukrainians want to inflict it on the Russians. Maps of the day – battlefield near Iziume Videos of the day – this is what the victory before Kupiansko looks like; action video of the attack on Russian positions; drowned infantry fighting vehicles; no, Russian vacationers did not escape from Crimea. Even today, we bring a summary of the situation on the battlefield compiled from information from various ministries of defense and independent analysts. The information in this text is a summary of the results of the fights for Thursday, September 8. The current situation in some places may already be different. An overview of confirmed losses is at the end of the article (today’s edition contains yesterday’s data, the losses were not updated until the publication of the text). It is definite that a major event of the war is taking place. We do not know whether the Ukrainians planned their attack over Izium long in advance, or took advantage of the temporary weakening of the Russians in the area and took advantage of the situation, as the American Institute for the Study of War claims. However, the first option is more likely. We don’t even know how their offensive will turn out. It can still backfire and end in defeat. But we know that we are watching an operation that has the potential to change the course of the war. If the Ukrainian army succeeds, the collapse of the Russian army in the northeast of the battlefield threatens. If the fighting goes badly, it will be a blow to Ukrainian morale. At the moment, the first option seems more realistic. The Ukrainian army unusually announced on Thursday that it had succeeded in advancing 50 kilometers in some places and that it had liberated a thousand square kilometers of territory since September 1. In the meantime, evidence of the liberated villages is also being mined by pictures of the amount of abandoned Russian equipment that the Ukrainians are acquiring. This is what it looks like when defenders run away. Shortly before lunch, the first image appeared, which proves that the Ukrainian army is already near Kupiansk. It is the cover photo of this article. However, this does not mean that the city is already liberated. What threatens the Russians and how they try to prevent a disaster. Russian internet channels, military bloggers and other war watchers are already openly warning that their military has very little time left to stave off a humiliating defeat. It would be the loss of the key logistics hub, which is the city of Kupiansk. His fall would open the way for the Ukrainians to clean up the entire Kharkiv region, but also in other directions. The supply of the entire group of troops in the vicinity of Izium passes through Kupiansk, which is/was attacking from the north towards Sloviansk. And according to official Russian sources, Ukrainian troops are also in front of its gates. So it is not Ukrainian propaganda. The picture painted by Russian analysts is strikingly dramatic. For months, most refused to admit that the Russian army was stuck in Ukraine. Now some are drawing very promising maps. For Ukraine. The following works particularly well. Her This article is exclusive content for Denník N subscribers. Are you a subscriber? Log in