Operation Vivaldi thwarted the occupiers’ attempts to surround Kramatorsk and Sloviansk: details

Deputy Commander of the Third Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant Colonel Maksym Zhorin, stated that the Ukrainian military thwarted Russia’s plans to capture Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. According to him, during Operation Vivaldi, Ukrainian units destroyed one of the sections of the Russian offensive group and pushed back the enemy.

He wrote about this in Telegram .

Zhorin noted that Russian troops planned to capture Kramatorsk and Sloviansk from several directions in order to subsequently push Ukrainian forces out of these cities.

According to him, during Operation Vivaldi, the Ukrainian military destroyed one of these encirclement sites. As a result, it was possible to stop the enemy’s advance and push them back.

Zhorin stated that in the area of responsibility of the Third Army Corps units, Russian troops are forced to focus on defense, stabilizing the situation, and holding occupied positions instead of further offensives.

He also noted that Ukrainian actions have dealt a moral blow to Russian troops. According to him, this is manifested, in particular, in the reactions of Russian military bloggers.

By the way, over the past 24 hours, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine recorded 165 combat clashes along the entire front line. The situation remains tense, but the Defense Forces continue to restrain the enemy’s assaults , inflicting colossal losses in manpower and equipment.

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