00:00The defense forces pushed back the occupiers in a key sector of the Front
00:05Eastern and captured more than 250 Russian soldiers. This success marked the third phase
00:11of Operation Vivaldi, a carefully planned campaign to take the initiative in the
00:17Donetsk region, according to Politico.
00:20The Russians surrendered in entire units, along with officers, pilots, and gunners,
00:26declared General Andriy Vilecki, commander of the Third Army Corps.
00:31The outlet added that, during the final phase, Ukrainian troops liberated 51 kilometers
00:37squares of territory. With this, the total area returned to Ukrainian control in the
00:42The area covered by Operation Vivaldi amounts to 176 square kilometers.
00:47This operation has implications that extend far beyond the battlefield. Kyiv sees these
00:53counterattacks as a test for its allies, and particularly for the Trump administration,
00:58that the slow but steady advance of Russian troops in the Donetsk region is not
01:03inevitable, and that Putin cannot simply wait for the Ukrainian defenses and the
01:09The West's resolve crumbles, the outlet wrote.
01:13It is noted that, during Operation Vivaldi, a complex interaction of drones was employed,
01:18armored vehicles, artillery and infantry against the occupiers, who were trying to surround and
01:24to capture Limán, a key node in the belt of fortresses that has been hindering progress for years
01:30Russian. The media outlet emphasized that, during the operation, the Ukrainian Armed Forces placed special emphasis on the operation.
01:36Emphasis on the use of unmanned systems to preserve personnel, from the launch
01:42from mini ground robots following Russian positions, to the conversion of transports
01:47Soviet BTR-60 armored vehicles, kamikaze robots loaded with explosives and directed against the
01:54Russian fortifications.
01:56Cunning also played an important role. According to Vilecki, the third unit deceived the
02:02occupiers and made them believe that the main Ukrainian attack would be launched in the direction of Shandrigolovo
02:08and Selena Dolina. This forced the Russians to deploy reserves to counterattack in that
02:14area, while Ukraine launched its offensive towards Novie. That caused them to waste
02:21Their reserves for counterattacks were precisely in that sector. The Russians didn't see it coming.
02:27A real blow. The outlet also noted that, although analysts following the situation in
02:33The front lines have independently confirmed the advance of Ukrainian troops, the Kremlin
02:38He insists that he has not suffered any setbacks.
02:42In particular, the Russian Ministry of Defense described the success claimed by Ukraine as a success.
02:47in Limán, a smokescreen for the Western tutors of kyiv, and claimed that in the part
02:54In the northern part of the Donetsk region, there was only a failed attempt at penetration.
02:59by small enemy assault groups.
