Russia tried to surround Lyman. Now its own salient is getting squeezed.
Lyman blocks the northern route to Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. Ukrainian counterattacks are protecting the city.
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ISW: Russia gains ground in Kostiantynivka but Fortress Belt stays out of reach
Russia's strategy of stacking armies on one Donetsk Oblast city is producing slow infiltration, not the operational breakthrough Moscow needs to crack the fortified chain, ISW says.
Moscow’s Victory Day ceasefire reduced combat but became Russia’s stockpile window, ISW finds
A Ukrainian brigade in the Lyman direction said Russia held Molniya drones back before the truce, then released them during the pause while bringing up reserves.
“Grandma, get on”: Ukrainian robot carried 77-year-old from grey zone near Lyman (VIDEO)
Ground evacuation was impossible. Enemy drones saturated the area. So Ukraine sent a robot instead.
Moscow’s offensive has lost ground since it started — yet Russia’s top brass declared Luhansk Oblast fully seized for the fourth time
Gerasimov claimed Russia seized 1,700 km² in 2026 and controls 70% of Lyman, but ISW’s evidence shows gains of only about one fifth of that area, none of the city, and territorial losses since 1 March.
Ukraine holds Hryshyne’s center and northern Pokrovsk outskirts as Russia builds up for its next push, military says
Russian forces failed to consolidate in Hryshyne's center, while Ukraine continued detecting and destroying Russian targets throughout southern Pokrovsk to disrupt a buildup there.
Russia’s 2026 war plan had two objectives. Ukraine is wrecking both.
With nine months left in 2026, the Kremlin has its sights set on two main objectives in the east and south. Neither is easy.
Russia’s spring offensive has stalled at Ukraine’s Fortress Belt — ISW says it won’t break through in 2026
The 3rd Combined Arms Army, the only Russian force positioned to push directly on Sloviansk, hasn't gained ground in a week after a month of tactically significant advances east of the city.
“The enemy failed”: Russia threw over 600 attacks at Ukraine’s front in 4 days. Ukraine held the line – Syrskyi
Syrskyi says Russian forces lost more than 6,000 troops killed and wounded in the surge – and failed to break through anywhere.
Russia’s tanks are back after a year in hiding. Thursday was a massacre.
In 2025, Russia parked many of its combat vehicles. Now it may shifting them back into drive for a renewed mechanized push.
“The era of Russian armored assaults is over”: Ukraine’s drones stopped a Russian column near Lyman – then chased it into retreat to finish the job
The Third Army Corps says coordinated drone-artillery strikes have made Russia's armored assault tactics obsolete near Lyman.
126 km² in February, 245 in January, some 630 last November — Russia’s gains drop while its attacks hold steady, Deep State says
Assault operations barely slowed, dropping just 4% compared to January, while the Pokrovsk sector absorbed 31% of all attacks.
Russia’s army hasn’t grown in six months. Ukraine is making it pay.
Troop numbers flatlined at 711,000 even as Moscow adapted to cut casualties. Now Ukraine is counterattacking where Russia can't reinforce.
Russia’s January assault pace drops just 4% — but its territorial gains fell by half, Deep State says (INFOGRAPHIC)
The OSINT monitoring project reports that while Russia occupied 245 sq km last month — nearly half of December's figure — the overall number of assault operations fell only just.
Glide bombs are main threat near Lyman, while ambush drones “significantly changed battlefield picture,” brigade officer says (VIDEO, MAP)
Russian infantry attacks have become easier to repel with artillery and mortars, but bomb strikes are causing the heaviest damage to defensive positions, he says.
Russian tanks went underground. Their radios didn’t shut up.
Signals intelligence is helping one Ukrainian drone unit blunt the assault on Sloviansk before it starts
Ukraine invites Ghana’s foreign minister and offers access to captured Ganaian mercenary who fought for Russia
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry confirmed it received an official request concerning the citizen’s return.
Russian troops attempt Lyman infiltration but face drone-disrupted logistics, says Ukrainian military (MAP)
Their push toward the city faces major setbacks amid contested zones and relentless drone surveillance on both sides.
ISW: Russian forces have likely seized the town of Siversk after 41 months of fighting (MAP)
After years of resistance and brutal advances, Russian troops may have finally taken the small town of Siversk in Donetsk Oblast.
ISW: Russia’s top general promises fast victory — but even his boasts prove the opposite
Belousov insists the Fortress Belt is key to a rapid takeover, yet even his own timeline suggests years of grinding warfare.