'Substantial victory' for Kyiv as Russian front crumbles near Kharkiv

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

Source: Reuters

KYIV, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces were charging through an expanding area of previously Russian-held territory in the east on Friday after bursting through the frontline in a surprise breakthrough that could mark a major turning point in the war.

After keeping silent for a day, Moscow effectively acknowledged that a section of its frontline had crumbled southeast of Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv.

"The very fact of a breach of our defences is already a substantial victory for the Ukrainian armed forces," the head of the Moscow-installed administration for occupied areas in Kharkiv province, Vitaly Ganchev, said on Russian state TV.

Ganchev later said his administration was trying to evacuate civilians from cities including Izium, Russia's main stronghold and logistics base in the province near the front in the east.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/blinken-visits-ukraine-pivotal-moment-kyiv-claims-gains-2022-09-08/

[Mysterian]

1. Looks like Ukraine captured a Russian 3-star too

We need to see regime change in Russia to end this war quickly.

[Wicked Blue]

2. Slava Ukraina!

[underpants]

3. Kicking some serious ass

Yes!!

“Genius” huh?

[grumpyduck]

4. Uh oh, methinks Vitaly should watch his back. nt

[KS Toronado]

12. And stay out of tall buildings.

[SunSeeker]

5. K & R

[samsingh]

6. good news

[RAB910]

7. Outstanding news

[Botany]

8. And may every single Russian who is still fighting die, get behind the Russian troops and encirlce..

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.... them, and get those Swedish attack jets into the action too. Let the Russians know they have 3 choices:

Walk towards the Ukrainian troops with their hands up and surrender. (after they shoot their senior officers if possible)

Keep fighting and die.

Go back to Russia, tell the people the truth and kill Putin in a new Russian revolution. 25% of Russians do not have
indoor plumbing.

[iluvtennis]

11. Love this picture - thank you for posting.

[Botany]

13. That was 2 days ago in Kharkiv

You might kill a lot of Ukrainians but you are never going to beat them.

Look @ the words of their anthem in my sig line.

[iluvtennis]

21. Thanks @Botany. n/t

[Evolve Dammit]

17. What a great photo!

[c-rational]

22. +1

[onetexan]

23. Spot on!! K&R

[Lonestarblue]

9. I hope Ukraine kicks Russia not only out of the Donetsk region but out of Crimea also.

Eventually Moldova may need help kicking out the 2500 or so troops Putin stationed there to force a separatist movement. It would be great to see them sink a few more ships in the Black Sea as well. After all the death and destruction, I want Putin to come out of this as a disgraced and deposed leader.

[onetexan]

24. Crimea is in the plans from what i've read

Sorry dont have the link to post but you can google it. Read this morning some EU general mentioned some time next year he expects crimea to be under UKR control.

[Wounded Bear]

26. Ukrainians still think of Crimea as part of their nation...nt

[iluvtennis]

10. Awesom news!

[2naSalit]

14. I was hoping for...

This to be successful when I first heard of its planning.

[PortTack]

15. Slava Ukraine!

If you are looking for a way to help

Ukraine24.org. They have raised over 3 million since it’s inception 3 months ago

[niyad]

16. Slava Ukraini! Thank you for the update.

[relayerbob]

18. By evacuate

The Russians mean “kidnap”

[Warpy]

19. There are 2 huge counteroffensives going on

One is in the northeast, around Kharkiv and the other in the south, aimed at shoving them back onto Crimea. From there, I'm sure they'll be given a choice: surrender or start swimming.

45,000 might be a conservative number, as appalling as it is, nearly equaling the number of US dead in the long, drawn out Vietnam War. Russia has not published any numbers since March and now they're throwing recruits with minimal training at the front and have done so for a couple of months, swelling the number of dead without gaining any advantage.

I still see this as Ukraine's war of independence. All Russia will gain is a hostile neighbor and national antipathy in that region tends not to die.

[Kaleva]

30. Russia's actions also got Sweden and Finland to join NATO

[yonder]

20. "....Ganchev later said his administration was trying to evacuate civilians from cities..."

Is that Putin-speak for kidnapping innocent Ukrainian civilians to filtration camps with eventual forced settlement, or much worse, into God-knows-where Russia?

[blue-wave]

25. It's my understanding that

the Ukrainians observed the Russians pulling troops from the east to reinforce the southern (Kherson) front. Well, the Ukrainians of course took advantage of the situation and now the Russian eastern front appears to be collapsing.

Slava Ukraini!!

[GregariousGroundhog]

28. Yes, the ISW described the Kharkiv offensive as "opportunistic, yet highly effective."

The Institute for the Study of War mentioned that Ukraine has driven 40-50 km through Russia's defensive lines and is expected to capture Kupyansk within the next 72 hours. That would be a significant disruption to Russian supply lines to Izium, which run south from Belarus.

I suspect Russia left their defensive lines largely manned by poorly motivated conscripts from the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Repubics, and the result is about as we would expect.

[multigraincracker]

27. No negotiations with Russia

until they return to the boarders of 7 months ago. None, Zero.

[Gore1FL]

33. I am more inclined to demand the borders from 2014. nt

[multigraincracker]

34. Even better, and

if not, on to Moscow.

[onetexan]

35. +1 -K&R!!

[electric_blue68]

29. 🌻🇺🇦🌻TY for this good news!

[Recursion]

31. Wouldn't want to be a Russian soldier in that salient that just got created

If they manage to fully encircle that force, that could be huge.

[usajumpedtheshark]

32. I'm sure they are aware of the risk of a salient

[Roy Rolling]

36. Change the Front

>

[sakabatou]

37. Slava Ukrayini!

[cannabis_flower]

38. Maybe

This is starting to look like a replay of Japan-Russia 1904

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War


Russia went to war with Japan expecting for a quick victory and were humiliatingly defeated.