The Sloviansk–Kramatorsk agglomeration is currently the main objective of Russian invading forces. That is why they are now pressing on Yampil, trying to expand a salient north of Lyman and gain a foothold on its eastern outskirts. All of this leads to enormous enemy losses, because no one is going to give Lyman to the Russians.
This was stated on Ukrainian Radio by Viktor Tregubov, Spokesperson for the Joint Forces Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports.
According to him, the number of combat clashes in this sector has increased by about one and a half times in recent periods. Russian losses have increased by the same amount.
“Right now, in our area, Russians are losing 250–300 personnel per day, and most of them are in the Lyman area. Before, it was 150–200. So, both the number of combat clashes has increased by one and a half times, and the number of Russian losses has increased by one and a half times. And all this is due primarily to the escalation in the Lyman area,” he said.
Tregubov noted that Russian forces appear to be facing certain resource limitations, including time constraints. In some directions, including Lyman and certain Russian units in the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, there are problems with supplies, primarily fuel and lubricants.
“In other words, the combination of fuel-related problems in the Russian Federation overall and the results of our strikes on their rear areas are making themselves felt,” he said.
The Spokesperson stated that Lyman is of strategic importance to Russia as a bridgehead for a further advance on Sloviansk and the Sloviansk–Kramatorsk agglomeration. However, it will not be surrendered.
“No one is going to give Lyman to the Russians, just as no one is going to give them Borova or Kupiansk,” Tregubov summarized.
As previously reported, Russian forces have intensified combat activity on the Lyman front, including attempts to advance and establish positions in certain sections.
