Holding the city of Balakleya with forces less than a full company is a real feat of the Russian SOBR, said Jan Gagin, adviser to the chairman of the government of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), on Friday, September 9.
“I can only say about Balakleya what can really be called a feat to hold the city with forces less than a full company. This is the Russian SOBR. Considering that this is just police special forces and they were quite limited in strength and means at that moment, the fact that they held the city for so long, got out of it without loss, is just a feat, ”he said. “RIA News”.
Gagin added that the Ukrainian side suffered huge losses of both manpower and equipment.
The head of the administration of the Kharkiv region, Vitaliy Ganchev, reported on September 9 that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) had pulled up all their reserves to the region, as they had enormous losses.
According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed only to slightly “bend the line of defense”, but Balakleya remains under the control of the Russian military.
“Everything is in order in the city, the city lives, but is under constant shelling, like other settlements that are nearby,” he is quoted as saying.Newspaper.Ru“.
The head of the regional administration also said that the allied forces are making attempts to dislodge the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Balakleya. He noted that the humanitarian situation there is difficult. There are fierce battles in the city. Ganchev pointed out that the city is “essentially not controlled” by the administration of the Kharkiv region.
On September 8, the Russian military was able to repel an attempt by the Ukrainians to surround Balakliya. The nationalists tried to encircle the settlement, but they only managed to partially bend the line of defense along part of the territory, after which the Ukrainian troops were driven back by the Russian military.
On February 24, Russia launched a special operation to protect Donbass. A few days earlier, the situation in the region escalated significantly due to shelling by the Ukrainian military. The authorities of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics announced the evacuation of residents to the Russian Federation, and also turned to Moscow for help. On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognizing the independence of the DPR and LPR.
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