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Sep 21, 2026
Glenn DiesenHOST
But, uh, at the end of the day, uh, in the, you know, measurements of a lo- war of attrition, they lost, uh, lots of men and equipment, so it was a horrible defeat.
Glenn DiesenHOST
But, uh, yeah, but, uh, yeah, that's maybe what's happening in Liman now, 'cause you saw in Liman you had, uh, or Krasny Liman you had, uh, um, yeah, these reports from the Ukrainians like, "Oh, massive territory.
Glenn DiesenHOST
They rolled back the Russians." And then all the European media at least kind of started repeating this uncritically.
Glenn DiesenHOST
And, uh, but we haven't really seen the videos come up, and that doesn't sound like, uh, the Zelensky administration.
GerdesHOST
That's, yeah, I mean, it's pretty crazy seeing war evolve in front of our eyes.
GerdesHOST
The interesting new detail from Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps about Operation Vivaldi and the Lyman Axis, the Corps said, says Ukrainian forces carried out a flanking maneuver.
GerdesHOST
I'm saying they restored some mobility, flanking maneuver, and for the first time, airlifted unmanned ground vehicles behind Russian lines while also suppressing Russian drone reconnaissance.
GerdesHOST
What makes this especially interesting, and listen to this, is that several months ago, Russian channels published footage showing a heavy Ukrainian multi-rotor, that's what I was looking for, multi-rotor, like Baba Yaga, carrying a UGV toward Russian rear it's quite possible that footage was showing preparations for or an early phase of this very operation this kind of drone carrying this ground drone it's pretty remarkable so yeah i that's that's what was happening i mean wow okay russian channels are crying that thanks to the ukrainian counter-offensive fighting is already underway on the banks of the azerberts river i showed this the other day uh and so it looks like le mans is being held and pushed back some now That's not the only thing that's going to be happening.
speaker_0HOST
The heaviest fighting was on the Kostiantynivka axis, where Ukrainian forces said they repelled 23 attacks.
speaker_0HOST
Another 15 attacks were reported on the Pokrovsk axis, while fighting also continued near Lyman, Kupiansk, and other sectors.
speaker_0HOST
Ukraine's Third Army Corps reported progress in northern Donetsk region during Operation Vivaldi.
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It said the villages of Shandryholove and Darylove were liberated, while Drobysheve was under full Ukrainian control.
Saul DavidHOST
They've successfully contested the initiative at both the strategic and operational levels, according to the ISW, starting in late two thousand twenty-five and persisting throughout two thousand and twenty-six for the first time since August two thousand twenty-four, when we had, of course, the Kursk offensive.
Saul DavidHOST
Ukrainian forces have held Russian forces to near zero net gains since March two thousand and twenty-six and have themselves conducted successful counterattacks in the Kupiansk, Oleksandrivka, and now Lyman directions.
Saul DavidHOST
And we mentioned, of course, the Lyman counterattack, uh, the last couple of weeks.
Saul DavidHOST
Ukrainian counterattacks have defeated Russian efforts to push into the Dnipro Oblast, regain lost ground in and around Kupiansk, and have defeated subsequent Russian efforts to regain it.
Saul DavidHOST
Well, they've now destroyed a significant Russian salient that threatened the northern flank of Sloviansk and the entire Donetsk Oblast fortress belt, which of course is the Lyman salient.
Saul DavidHOST
Russian forces have made limited but significant gains in and around Kostiantynivka and east of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk but are fighting to regain momentum in these areas and elsewhere along the front line.
Saul DavidHOST
And other, other interesting signs that things aren't right in Russia is that the Russian Central Bank, uh, this week, along with its chairwoman, Elvira Nabiullina, appears to be advocating for a more cautious monetary policy amidst rising inflationary pressure.
Maxim TuckerGUEST
And they just don't have enough Western-supplied missiles to do that at the moment.
Kate GerbeauHOST
And Maxim, a little more clarity is emerging now of the Ukrainian counter offensive north of Liman in Donetsk.
Kate GerbeauHOST
I know they were talking about it, but nothing was confirmed when you were actually there.
Kate GerbeauHOST
The Third Army Corps Commander Brigadier General Andrei Beletsky confirmed that 85 square kilometres have been liberated.
Preston StewartHOST
Now, starting out, Ukraine announced just a few days ago the Phase 1 completion of Operation Vivaldi.
Preston StewartHOST
They say this is Phase 1 of 4, and in Phase 1, they were able to liberate 10 square kilometers and clear 75 square kilometers of territory in the Liman direction.
Preston StewartHOST
This was conducted primarily by Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps.
Preston StewartHOST
We're starting to get some footage out of that operation, but the operational security behind it has been pretty impressive.
Preston StewartHOST
Starting with a map to give you an idea of the area we're looking at.
Preston StewartHOST
This is Deep State Map and the northern pincer, and that's going to be important later in today's video, of this area around the Nesk.
Preston StewartHOST
So we've got Kramatorsk, Slovyansk, and Liman here, with Russia pushing from the north and from the south trying to envelop that key fortress belt.
Preston StewartHOST
This area to the north is what has been the focus recently of offensive operation conducted by General Belitsky and the soldiers of the Ukrainian 3rd Army Corps.
Francis DearnleyHOST
Absolutely.Well, thanks very much, Sophie, for talking us through that.
Francis DearnleyHOST
In the ground war, all eyes continue to be on the Ukrainian offensive near Lyman, as we discussed in detail on Monday's episode.
Francis DearnleyHOST
Sources suggest that those troops continue to press with momentum that-- and have crossed into Luhansk Oblast, but we can't verify that.
Francis DearnleyHOST
The ISW writes that Ukrainian and Russian reporting continues to demonstrate the lack of clarity regarding the extent of Ukrainian advances.
Francis DearnleyHOST
A source reporting on the Russian Western grouping of forces claimed that Russian Chief of the General Staff, General Gerasimov, Gerasimov may have dismissed the 20th CAA commander there due to the failure to repel Ukrainian counterattacks.
Francis DearnleyHOST
There are also concerns that North Korean forces may replace Russian forces along portions of the front line so that Russian forces can redeploy to Lyman.
Francis DearnleyHOST
A source implied that North Korean forces would enter Ukrainian territory as part of that reallocation, but the ISW is unable to confirm that source's claim and has observed no indications of movement.
Francis DearnleyHOST
As they say, any potential deployment of North Korean forces to Ukraine itself would be a dramatic escalation of North Korean involvement in the war that would require the international community, particularly South Korea, to reassess policy positions.
GerdesHOST
But remember, I'm talking about Konstantinovka for a reason.
GerdesHOST
Wasn't it supposed to be already taken by the Russians according to that general? And then Liman, six attempts.
GerdesHOST
And why am I saying Liman? Well, I'll show you that in just a moment.
GerdesHOST
As of 0800, 278 combat engagements.
GerdesHOST
But those were the high watermarks last night.
GerdesHOST
Okay, other stories.
GerdesHOST
So Vivaldi, uh, the V-Vivaldi offensive, uh, Ukrainian defenders have made further gains against the Russians in, uh, north of Liman.
GerdesHOST
Uh, Russian soldiers are being eliminated and in the collapsing salient.
speaker_0HOST
In Izyum, Kharkiv region, Russian strikes killed a 26-year-old man and injured at least 15 people, including four children.
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On the front, Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps reported an offensive near Lyman in northern Donetsk region.
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Commander Andriy Beletsky said Ukrainian forces had cleared about 75 square kilometers and retaken another 10, including the village of Seredny.
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The general staff reported 219 combat clashes by 10 p.m., with the heaviest fighting near Pokrovsk.
Simon WhistlerHOST
complicating the plan.
Simon WhistlerHOST
So if that's the general path to victory that Putin's counting on, then our next step is to zoom out and ask the question, how are Ukraine, NATO, and anybody else managing to get in the way? The first set of major complications for Putin comes from the front lines near Lyman, where Ukrainian forces and Russian war bloggers have each started to acknowledge a serious turn of the tide at the local level.
Simon WhistlerHOST
These are operations that Ukraine-aligned sources have been hinting at for months now, insisting that they couldn't share details due to operational security, but strongly implying that the situation near Lyman was far better for Ukraine than it appeared.
Simon WhistlerHOST
Now the veil has finally been lifted, with conflict monitors confirming that Ukraine has liberated upwards of 200 square kilometers over the past several months.
Simon WhistlerHOST
the areas that ukraine has recaptured were incredibly costly for russia to take in the first place and given russia's very slow pace of advance this year the new lime encounter offensive will bring the territory exchange between the two sides much closer to net zero even more important however was the value of lyman and the surrounding area from a tactical perspective This area was immensely important for Russia to use as a staging ground to place pressure, cut off supplies, and support an offensive against arguably the most important city in Ukraine's fortress belt, Slovyansk.
Simon WhistlerHOST
Under current conditions, Russia would likely have to wait until it can totally capture the city of Kostiantynivka, where Russian troops have been fighting for nearly 11 months now and where Ukrainian forces are still in control of some territory, despite Russia's claims to the contrary.
Simon WhistlerHOST
Kostiantynivka is the southernmost city of the fortress belt, and once the city does fall, Russia won't be able to push westward and flank the next city because of Ukraine's robust network of fallback defenses on the city's western edge.
Simon WhistlerHOST
Russia also can't rely on a pincer-style attack from the north, which the territory near Lyman would have enabled.
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