Special forces of the 10th Separate Rapid Response Detachment "DOZOR" of the State Border Guard Service and the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have restored a lost position on the Lyman front and captured two Russian servicemen.
Russian forces are attempting to envelop Lyman in a semicircle from various directions, concentrating significant forces on this axis, while the Siverskyi Donets River remains a defensive line for Ukrainian forces.
On the front line, Ukrainian forces engaged in 237 combat clashes, over 80 of them occurred in the Lyman and Pokrovsk sectors, where the enemy is suffering significant losses.
Operators of the drone battalion of Ukraine’s 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade “Steel Lions” have shown the current state of the town of Lyman in Kramatorsk district of Donetsk region.
FPV drone pilots from the Signum battalion of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Volodymyr Monomakh are carrying out forest clearing operations against Russian invaders in the Lyman sector.
Soldiers of the 66th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Mstyslav the Brave destroyed Russian troops who attacked Ukrainian positions on motorcycles under the cover of fog in the Lyman direction.
As many as 144 combat engagements have taken place on the front lines since midnight. Fighting continues on seven frontline axes, with the enemy applying the greatest pressure in the Pokrovsk and Lyman sectors and increasing its activity near Kostiantynivka.
Russian occupation forces have been detected near the village of Serednie in the Lyman sector, but their presence is limited, and the area is not considered occupied.
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (DIU) has released exclusive footage of combat operations in the Zaporizhzhia and Lyman directions of the front.
Russian troops in the Lyman sector continue their assaults and are constantly trying to expand their footholds, looking for weak spots in the Ukrainian defense.
There have been 173 combat engagements along the front lines; in the Pokrovsk, Lyman, and Novopavlivka sectors, the occupiers made a total of 94 attempts to break through Ukrainian defenses.
A total of 122 combat engagements took place on the front line today, with the Pokrovsk, Lyman, and Novopavlivka directions seeing the most intense fighting.
In the Lyman sector, a drone pilot from the SIGNUM battalion of the 53rd Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Volodymyr Monomakh destroyed a Russian MSTA-B howitzer using an FPV drone.
Since the start of the day, 60 combat clashes have taken place between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops, with fighting ongoing in four frontline sectors. The fiercest battles are unfolding on the Pokrovsk and Lyman fronts.