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| 2025 Lyman offensive | |||||||
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| Part of the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Russia |
 Ukraine | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Andriy Biletsky | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
 Russian Armed Forces |
 Armed Forces of Ukraine | ||||||
The 2025 Lyman offensive is an ongoing military engagement in the Russo-Ukrainian war between the Russian Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of Ukraine for control over the Ukrainian city of Lyman.
Background
[edit]Lyman was captured by Russian troops on 27 May 2022.[1][2] The control of Lyman, while it is not a large city, gave Russia control of a key road that leads to Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.[1][2] From 10 September, Ukrainian troops advanced to Lyman as part of a counteroffensive launched in Kharkiv Oblast, and engaged Russian troops in a battle.[3][4] On 1 October, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman announced that Russian forces were withdrawing from the city, hours after Russian president Vladimir Putin had declared Donetsk Oblast, Lyman's region, to have been annexed by Russia.[5][6][7][8]
Battle
[edit]On 4 January 2025, Russian troops advance across the Zherebets river into the centre of Ivanivka uk, northwest of Kreminna and north of Lyman.[9]
On 28 March 2025, Russian forces advance northwest of Novolyubivka and likely seize this village northeast of Lyman.[10]
On 21 December 2025, Ukrainian military observer Kostyantyn Mashovets reported and confirmed that the Russian forces currently occupy positions in southeastern Lyman.[11]
In late spring and early summer 2026, Russian forces advanced to within 13 kilometers of Sviatohirsk, northwest of Lyman. Vladimir Putin claimed on 1 September to have captured this city. However, on 7 September, the commander of Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps, Brigadier General Andriy Biletsky, recorded a video in city-centre denying the capture.[12]
According to military analyst Clément Molin, a Ukrainian counter-offensive began on 22 May 2026 when a mechanised battalion of the 3rd Assault Brigade, supported by two other brigades, the 60th and 66th brigades from the 3rd Army Corps, launched a mechanised offensive. Russian drones were significantly jammed during the counter-offensive. By the 25 of June, Ukrainian forces advanced in eastern Lypove, southeast of Borova.[13] Viktor Tregubov, spokesperson for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, stated in late June that the Ukrainian forces were successfully pushing Russia back north of Lyman.[14] While the Ukrainian and Russian general staffs remained silent, it was announced that Ukrainian troops have retaken territory from Russian forces and pushed them back towards the western bank of the Zherebets river in early September.[15]
On 15 September, Andriy Biletsky, confirmed the Ukrainian counteroffensive near Lyman, named "Operation Vivaldi".[16]
Analysis
[edit]According to the Institute for the Study of War, Operation Vivaldi disrupted the Russian goal of encircling the Ukrainian fortress belt in Donetsk Oblast.[17]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Ukraine war: Troops could quit Severodonetsk amid Russian advance - official". BBC News. 27 May 2022.
- 1 2 "Russia takes control of Lyman as assault on Donbas region continues". The Guardian. 28 May 2022.
- ↑ "Ukraine Forces Retake Control of Key Russian Stronghold". VOA. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
- ↑ Gatopoulos, Alex. "Analysis: Russia caught out by Ukraine's double offensive". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
- ↑ Давлетшина, Александра Ганга, Лейсан (1 October 2022). "Минобороны сообщило об отводе войск из Красного Лимана на более выгодные рубежи". Известия (in Russian). Retrieved 9 September 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Война в Украине: ВСУ зашли в Лиман, в Харьковской области нашли расстрелянную автоколонну" [War in Ukraine: Armed Forces of Ukraine entered the Liman, in the Kharkiv region they found a shot convoy]. BBC News (in Russian). 1 October 2022.
- ↑ "Ukraine forces Russian troops out of city a day after Vladimir Putin's annexation". Sky News. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
- ↑ "Ukraine war: Russian troops forced out of eastern town Lyman". BBC News. 1 October 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
- ↑ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 4, 2025". ISW. 4 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
- ↑ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 1, 2025". ISW. 1 April 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
- ↑ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 21, 2025". ISW. 21 December 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
- ↑ "'Take Off Your Clown Noses': Biletsky Rebuts Putin's Claim of Svyatohirsk Capture". Kyiv Post. 7 September 2026. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
- ↑ Shymkiv, Kateryna; Mappes, Grace; Shafiro, Samuel; Sundstrom, Nikolai; Frykholm, Samuel; Barros, George (27 June 2026). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 27, 2026". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
- ↑ Tarasova-Markina, Daria; Kent, Lauren (24 June 2026). "Russia is still inching forward in eastern Ukraine, but experts say claims of progress are exaggerated". CNN. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
- ↑ "Ukrainians again liberate territory near Lyman – details of the 'secret' operation revealed (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,657)". EUobserver. 8 September 2026. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
- ↑ Lisova, Justina (15 September 2026). "Ukraine confirms counteroffensive near Lyman, says first phase retook 75 square kilometers". Hromadske. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
- ↑ "Ukraine 'retakes over 200 sq km' in Donbas counterattack". TVP World. Retrieved 2 October 2026.