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ISW: Ukrainian Army Will Enter Lyman In Next 72 Hours

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ISW: Ukrainian Army Will Enter Lyman In Next 72 Hours

The Russian command did not send the necessary reinforcements to the garrison.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine will take control of Lyman of the Donetsk region within the next 72 hours.

This is reported by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Analysts, citing so-called DPR officials and Russian war correspondents, write that Russian troops still control Lyman, but have retreated from their positions in Drobysheve and Yampil.

Russian sources cited by ISW claimed that the Russians still control one road from Lyman to Torske, while Ukrainian forces blocked the Drobysheve-Torske road in the Stavki area.

These sources also noted increased activity by Ukrainian reconnaissance and sabotage groups along the Svatove-Torske highway northeast of Lyman after they reportedly crossed the Zherebets River. Geolocation footage also shows Ukrainian artillery striking retreating Russian forces in the Torske area.

ISW also writes that on September 30, Ukrainian forces continued to strike at Russian military facilities in the Luhansk region. Geolocation footage shows the aftermath of Ukrainian HIMARS strikes on a television tower and radio repeater in Starobilsk, as well as an asphalt plant near Alchevsk, where Russian troops were reportedly stationed.

The withdrawal of Russian troops from Lyman is reminiscent of a chaotic retreat from Balakliya in the Kharkiv region, with poor coordination and a lack of artillery support.

The Russian military command did not send the necessary reinforcements and instead fired missiles at the Mykolaiv region, and did not help the defense of Lyman.

Earlier, speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces Serhiy Cherevaty said that the operation to encircle the invaders near Lyman was “at the completion stage”.

In addition, the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that they entered Yampil in the Donetsk region and came close to Lyman from the east. In addition, Ukrainian soldiers liberated Drobysheve in the Lyman city territorial community of the Donetsk region.

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