During the counteroffensive, Ukrainian troops managed to recapture a significant portion of the territory near Liman and deprive the Russian army of an important bridgehead from which the enemy planned to attack Slavyansk and Kramatorsk from the north. The occupiers were forced to abandon approximately 240 square kilometers in one of the key areas of the Donetsk region. Russia has effectively lost the territorial gains it had made in this area since early March. OSINT analyst Clement Molin reported this this month , and his assessments were later confirmed by the analytical group Rochan Consulting and the US-based Institute for the Study of War. The Ukrainian operation in this sector lasted approximately four months. The Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out successive counterattacks and several mechanized assaults. In June, Ukrainian units succeeded in liberating Novoye. By mid-August, they had reached Kolodezi. Ukrainian forces then launched another attack in the area between Katerynivka and Novolyubivka. Analysts estimate that this effectively cut off the positions of the advancing Russian forces. As a result, the occupiers began to withdraw from previously occupied territories. Konrad Muzyka, head of Rochan Consulting, estimates the Russian army's loss of approximately 240 square kilometers. He claims that this disrupted the Russian operation to encircle the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration from the north.
ISW, in turn, writes about the de facto nullification of Russia's territorial gains in this area since the beginning of March. Military expert Valery Shiryaev believes that Ukrainian units managed to break through the old defensive line and effectively reach the rear of the Russian group operating in the Liman area. According to his assessment, the situation for the occupiers in this zone has become extremely difficult: Russian units have found themselves "effectively surrounded." Shiryaev clarifies that this is primarily about the operational environment, but it is quite dense. The expert cites logistics as one of the main problems for Russian units in this area: supplying some of the occupiers in the Shandrigolovo area is essentially only possible by air.
Meanwhile, analysts noted that the success of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Liman direction was linked not only to actions on the ground, but also to strict adherence to operational secrecy.
The success of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Liman sector was due not only to the actions on the ground but also to the strict observance of operational secrecy within the Ukrainian Armed Forces. OSINT researcher Clément Molin writes that there was virtually no public comment or media attention surrounding the operation, which helped conceal the scale of the events from the Russian command.
Source: Kanal13
