The Russians are still trying to break through the positions of the Defense Forces, but without success.
Serhii Gaidai of the Luhansk OV, that there are about 5,500 Russian soldiers in Lyman under the operational encirclement of the Armed Forces. He said during the telethon that defenders had liberated five settlements near the city.
“The Russian group in the Liman area is surrounded. The settlements Yampil, Novoselivka, Shandrygolovo, Drobysheve, Stavky – have been liberated, stabilization measures are ongoing there, Cherevaty said.
< p>He also noted that, due to a number of reasons, the figure of about 5,500 Russians in the encirclement is not accurate, it still needs analysis.
“Тindeed, our data showed that the Russian group (in the Lyman area – ed.) numbered in the region of 5-5.5 thousand. However, active hostilities “minus” their combat composition, as well as some groups that tried to break through. That is, establishing the exact number of Russians still requires analysis to name the exact figure,” he explained.
Cherevaty noted that the Ukrainian military is still recording attempts by the Russians to break through the positions of the Armed Forces, but they are not successful .
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Recall that on September 30, the spokesman of the Eastern Group of Forces Serhiy Cherevaty announced that the operation to encircle the Russian group near Liman in Donetsk region< /span> is “in completion”. And already today, ISW predicted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will succeed in liberating the city within the next 72 hours.
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