Ukrainian forces advance in key eastern battlefield, senior commander says
Ukrainian forces said deception tactics helped them seize villages and force Russian units to surrender, including officers, pilots and artillerymen.
- During Operation Vivaldi, Brigadier General Andrii Biletskyi's 3rd Army Corps retook about 125 sq km near Lyman in the Donetsk region, including Shandryholove and Drobysheve, according to Kyiv Post on September 23.
- Moving away from rigid Soviet-era models, the corps implemented a flexible command structure that Colonel Rodion Kudryashov noted allowed better coordination between reconnaissance units to counter Russian infiltration tactics effectively.
- Innovating beyond infantry assaults, Ukrainian units airlifted remote-controlled ground robots, known as Gryphon, deep behind Russian lines. Commander Darwin of the 2nd Mechanised Battalion stated, "It makes the war safer for our soldiers."
- Russian forces face false claims of encircling Dobropillya, which the Institute for the Study of War debunked on September 16. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov conceded the federal budget deficit reached $68bn, straining resources amid battlefield losses.
- Strategic projections indicate Russia's plans to bypass the Donbas Fortress Belt are now "unfeasible" following Ukraine's consolidation of gains. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated defending eastern lands remains critical as Russia struggles with stalling economic conditions.
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The Ukrainian army numbers 176 square kilometres recovered during the successful counter-offensive in the Lyman sector of eastern Ukraine
The Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out the largest offensive in the Donetsk region of 2022, when the Russian army lost Herson and the territories of the Harkov region.
In the Lyman area, the front continues to shift. Ukraine announces that it has reclaimed three more villages in the Donetsk area.
The Ukrainian 3rd Army Corps liberated the settlements of Novy, Ridkodub, and Katerynivka, and regained control of Karpivka and Novomychailivka. In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have recaptured an additional 51 sq. km of the country's territory, and 176 sq. km since the start of the offensive.
"Vivaldi" was the name of the operation – and it was successful for Ukraine. The military had recovered 176 square kilometres in the north of Donetsk, says a Ukrainian Brigadier General. Three villages had been liberated.
Reconquest of the territory fell within the framework of Operation Vivaldi, in which Ukraine will have inflicted on the Russian forces about "two thousand casualties and captured 250 prisoners".
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