In that video you can see how the clever Russians have carefully gathered intact armor of all kinds and abandoned it near a train trestle to lure the stupid Ukrainians into thinking they could advance. 🙄
That video alone should be enough to destroy the credibility of anyone arguing the Russians are doing anything other than running away in a full rout. Actually, it is enough. But there will always be people too stupid to accept reality.
I prefer the Slava Z channel for the Russian view.
“At 9:00 the enemy has not yet taken the city. During the night there were two attempts to enter Balakleya from the western direction, but were repulsed by Russian forces. Our divisions remain in the city.
In the morning hostilities around Shevchenkove resumed. The enemy is trying to take control of the Chuguev-Kupyansk highway.
To the south of Balakliya, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to try to reach the crossroads in the area of the settlements of Veseleye and Kunye in order to cut the supply arteries of our Izyum group.
Our aviation, artillery and reserves are working. The situation is difficult, but by morning it could have been catastrophic, but no. The guys are holding on.
In some areas, the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to advance 20, and somewhere - 30 kilometers deep into the territory under our control over the past day. There is no need to sprinkle ashes on your head, you need to prepare a counteroffensive, taking advantage of the fact that the enemy has broken away from his artillery.
The current victory for Kyiv carries not only a tactical, but also an informational burden. Especially against the backdrop of today’s summit of the Western allies at the US airbase in Ramstein, Germany, at which Washington is expected to announce the supply of $675 million worth of weapons to the Ukrainian army. For this event, Kyiv needed to show at least some success in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the use of the supplied weapons . And at least Ukraine fulfilled the task.”