Order of battle, Izium area:

Supply: MilitaryEarth9/12.

ISW experiences for 9/12:

Ukrainian forces continued to consolidate their features in jap Kharkiv Oblast on 12 September. The Kharkiv Oblast Detachment of Ukrainian Particular Forces of the Azov Regiment mentioned that Ukrainian troops had taken management of the complete northeastern a part of Kharkiv Oblast alongside the Vesele-Vovchansk line.[4] Ukrainian sources confirmed that Ukrainian troops recaptured Dvorchina (100 km east of Kharkiv metropolis) and Ternova (30 km northeast of Kharkiv metropolis), demonstrating the scope of the advance Ukrainian within the northeast of Kharkiv Oblast.[5] The Ukrainian Airborne Assault Command additionally claimed that Ukrainian paratroopers took management of Bohorodychne, a small settlement situated within the northwest of Donetsk Oblast, instantly alongside the southeastern border of the oblast. from Kharkov.[6] Geotagged photos additional present that Ukrainian troops have taken full management of Sviatohirsk, 3 km east of Bohorodychne.[7]

Russian sources mentioned the entrance had largely stabilized on the Oskil River, which flows simply west of the Kharkiv-Luhansk Oblast border.[8] Russian milbloggers have reported that Ukrainian and Russian forces are preventing round Lyman, however that Lyman stays beneath the management of Russian and proxy forces.[9] Some Russian sources have additionally expressed concern that Ukrainian troops are attempting to cross the Siverskyi Donets River round Zakitne (about 15 km southeast of Lyman) to retake Yampil.[10] Russian sources apparently concentrate on the Lyman-Yampil line as the following potential goal for Ukrainian advances.

Russian forces failed to strengthen the brand new entrance line following Ukrainian features in jap Kharkiv Oblast and actively fled the world or redeployed to different axes. Ukrainian sources claimed that every one Russian forces had left Svatove in Luhansk Oblast (about 45 km east of the present Ukrainian positions alongside the Oskil River), and that solely components of the militia of the Luhansk Individuals’s Republic (LNR) – probably locals – remained in Svatove.[11] Social media footage reveals traces of automobiles stretching for miles close to Schastia and Stanysia Luhanska, that are each alongside the border of long-time NRL territory and near the border Russian.[12] Russian forces and pro-Russian collaborators are possible beneath psychological strain from speedy Ukrainian features and are looking for to withdraw from settlements close to the brand new frontline which they understand to be weak to Ukrainian advances. Some proxy forces are additionally reportedly already redeploying from Kharkiv Oblast to southwestern Donetsk Oblast, indicating that the Russian command shouldn’t be prioritizing reinforcement of positions weak to east of the Oskil River.[13]

I feel this can be a good reply to JohnH’s query from 9/2: “How is it [Ukrainian] lure works?