Balakliia

Proper noun

Balakliia

1. A former name, until 2004, of Balakleia (a village, the administrative centre of Balakleia rural hromada, Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine).
2. A city, the administrative centre of Balakliia urban hromada, Izium Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1663, perhaps on the site of an earlier Tatar settlement.
   • According to opposition media, parts of the government wanted to call for further mobilization after the start of the Ukrainian Kursk offensive. This also happened after the military catastrophe of the Ukrainian Balakliia offensive.2024 September 6th, Torsten Heinrich M.A. (channel name: “Military & History”), Russia’s Problem: Too few Soldiers!, via YouTube, 12:47–13:02

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   Novo-Serpukhiv

   1. A former raion of Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, established in 1923, disestablished in July 2020.
   2. An urban hromada of Izium Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, established in June 2020.
3. A village in Bilotserkivka rural hromada, Myrhorod Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, founded in the late-sixteenth to early-seventeenth centuries.