Commentary by Russian military journalist Bris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] 1. Fighting continues on the near approaches to Kupyansk. The Armed Forces of Ukraine failed to break into the city itself. Reinforcements of the RF Armed Forces are being transferred to the city, and artillery and air strikes are launched on the accumulations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine equipment to the west of Kupyansk.
The enemy is shelling the city with MLRS and artillery. The bridge over the Oskol was put out of action. Both sides are pulling up reserves to the city.
2. The enemy continues to press along the Oskol to the south towards Izyum, throwing forward the DRG.
The transfer of reserves of the RF Armed Forces, including by helicopters, is also underway to the city. The enemy is trying to move the mechanized units as quickly as possible after the light infantry in order to strengthen control over the Kupyansk-Izyum highway. Because of this, the main supply is now through Oskol.
The enemy will obviously try to create supply problems along this road, or even break through to it east of Izyum.
3. In the Krasny Liman area, the enemy is probing the front on the northern bank of the Seversky Donets, operating in groups of DRGs in the gray zone and accumulating a fist for a potential strike on Krasny Liman in order to, at a minimum, tie down the actions of the Izyum group, and as a maximum, try to recapture Krasny Liman.
4. The situation in the Balakleya area is still unclear, since even the enemy reports that the city is not yet completely controlled and there are some battles going on there. In the occupied settlements north of Balakleya, the Nazis begin to unleash terror against the civilian population.
5. In general, the operational crisis continues to develop and it is too early to talk about any stabilization of the situation.