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Today, there are important updates from the Liman direction.  

Here, the gap between Russian official maps and battlefield reality around Liman has become extraordinary, as Russian command maps place their furthest claimed positions roughly forty kilometers west of the actual frontline and attribute another one-thousand-three-hundred-and-sixty square kilometers to Russian control. Such claims are based on an apparently AI-generated video purporting to show a Russian soldier in Chervonyi Oskil, after which Russian sources claimed the settlement had been captured, causing reaction from Russian military analysts, who are increasingly criticizing this trend of exaggerated reporting.

That fictional picture has become increasingly difficult to preserve as Ukraine’s Operation Vivaldi advances. To counter this in the information space, Russia’s Western Grouping of Forces released footage supposedly demonstrating continued Russian presence in Nove, Ridkodub, and other recently liberated settlements by the Ukrainians. But analysts quickly identified indications that the footage was archival, with the videos filmed when Russian forces originally captured these locations in two-thousand-twenty-five, before Ukraine’s counterattack, showing vegetation inconsistent with current conditions. Another clip from Ridkodub showed a Russian soldier moving through the settlement while Ukrainian FPV drones pursued him, but visual comparisons placed the recording around August last year.  

Russian military commentators have consequently begun attacking their own command’s response with the argument that the Ukrainian counterattack itself is less damaging than pretending it does not exist. Instead of acknowledging setbacks, determining why defenses failed and correcting them, Russian commanders publish old footage and maintain an increasingly fictional frontline, which creates consequences extending far beyond symbolic claims.

Russian soldiers witnessing Ukrainian advances while official channels insist nothing significant has happened have less reason to trust their commanders. Russian analysts have repeatedly warned that distorted reporting also damages battlefield decision-making: commanders can allocate reserves, artillery and drone coverage according to positions that exist on maps but not on the ground. The resulting disconnect can leave troops isolated and encourage demoralized soldiers to seek information elsewhere.

The real battlefield situation around Liman demonstrates why this matters, as Ukraine officially announced that its Third Army Corps has liberated settlement after settlement, releasing footage weeks after the events for operational security. The earlier penetration around Nove was particularly revealing, as the Ukrainian forces converted an old BTR into an unmanned explosive vehicle and managed to drive the relatively slow machine toward Russian defenses. Its ability to approach the target suggested Russian drone observation and fire control were not present there, because according to Russian maps, there was no threat to Ridkodub.  

Now Ukrainian pressure is extending toward the Zherebets River. Russian sources themselves have acknowledged Ukrainian activity around crossings and positions near Terny, while Ukrainian strikes against crossing points and rear logistics are complicating Russian resupply. Every restricted crossing creates another bottleneck where vehicles, ammunition and reinforcements become vulnerable to drones.

Yet Russian information management continues trying to preserve a battlefield picture increasingly contradicted even by Russian analysts. After losing substantial territory and suffering significant casualties, commanders are still releasing archival or AI-generated footage and defending claims built upon earlier exaggerated advances.

Overall, Russia may claim that the Lyman front has stabilized, but fighting remains active around the Zherebets approaches, with Ukrainian infiltrators crossing the river for quick raids. Ukraine is simultaneously applying ground pressure, attacking the crossings methodically and disrupting Russian rear logistics. The widening distance between Russia’s declared frontline and the battlefield itself is therefore becoming more than an information problem: it risks actively undermining Russia’s ability to organize the defense it now urgently needs to stop Ukraine’s counteroffensive and to prevent the Russian defense line behind the river from collapsing completely.

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Today, there is important news from the Liman direction.

Here, the Ukrainians finally forced the Russians to retreat from their salient west of the Zherebets River after the threat of being encircled. As a result, Russian forces are once again retreating from Liman’s approaches under Ukrainian pressure.

Ukraine has liberated almost two-hundred square kilometers in total, as Russian formations first abandoned their bridgehead west of the Nitrius River before retreating farther east. Ukrainian troops recaptured Shandryholove, Nove, and Novomykhailivka, together with most surrounding forests.

The withdrawal came once Russian commanders concluded that Kolodyazi and Zelena Dolyna could no longer be held strongly enough to prevent Ukraine from cutting the salient apart. Russian sources reported that roughly three hundred Russian soldiers remaining there risked encirclement, but rather than sacrificing them as usual, Moscow ordered a phased retreat after the beginning of September. Forest cover, artillery, and glide-bomb strikes helped shield the withdrawal, with Russian sources claiming that most Russian formations managed to escape before Ukraine could close the pocket.

Ukraine is now exploiting that success instead of stopping at the abandoned positions, as Ukrainian units are advancing through gullies from Nove toward Ivanivka and Terny, pushing directly toward the Zherebets. Ukrainian assault groups are simultaneously moving beyond Kolodyazi and consolidating full control, while additional groups move through gullies around its flanks.

Farther north, Ukrainian troops are moving through Novomykhailivka and are expanding along the valley toward Novolyubivka. On the opposite southern flank, Ukrainian forces are intensifying infiltrations into Zarichne, expanding the grey zone through its northern streets while attempting to cross the Zherebets and retake strongpoints around Torske. The Ukrainian offensive has therefore transitioned from eliminating Russia’s bridgehead to pursuing retreating forces toward the river.

The scale of the reversal becomes clearer when measured against time, as Russia spent roughly twenty-one months, beginning in January two-thousand-twenty-five, grinding forward in this sector. Those gains have now effectively been erased, as the northern Russian pincer for enveloping Liman has collapsed, meaning the city is no longer facing the immediate encirclement threat created by the salient.

That also changes the wider defensive picture, as Russian pressure on Borova to the north has decreased substantially, while the danger to Sloviansk farther south has been reduced. Russia may now attempt to develop pressure on Liman from the south through the local national park, but it must effectively rebuild an operational problem Ukraine has just spent months dismantling. Liman’s defense has consequently bought Ukraine potentially months while forcing Russia to restart offensive preparations from considerably worse positions.

Overall, the contrast with Moscow’s public narrative is striking, as Putin had just claimed Sviatohirsk was captured, yet Russian troops have instead been driven kilometers farther away. Third Army Corps commander Andriy Biletsky visited Sviatohirsk after the salient collapsed, describing it as effectively a rear area because Russian forces are now roughly twenty kilometers away and openly mocking Putin’s claims. That symbolism matters strategically, as Putin continues demanding the capture of the remaining Ukrainian-controlled Donbas, reportedly treating the end of the year as a critical objective deadline. Yet around Liman, months of Russian offensive effort and thousands of losses have led to another Russian retreat. Ukraine has not merely stabilized the front, but it has removed the northern encirclement threat, liberated substantial territory, and pushed toward the Zherebets River. Instead of advancing, Russian forces are retreating, strengthening the entire Ukrainian defensive architecture protecting northern Donetsk Region and the approaches toward Sloviansk.