Lyman, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine,
September 2022.
The Second Battle of Lyman (the first battle took place when the Russians captured it 6 months earlier) was a military engagement during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, as part of the 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive. The battle started on 10 September 2022 during the counteroffensive and ended three weeks later on 2 October.
By 30 September, Ukrainian forces had closed in on the city after crossing the Siverskyi Donets River, advancing along Lyman's southern and eastern flanks while capturing land northwest of the settlement, allowing Ukrainian forces to cut off the only road left supplying the occupying forces from the north.
On 1 October, 2022 Ukrainian forces entered Lyman after the Russian forces had withdrawn.
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Following the battle, British intelligence assessed that the Russian forces defending the town were a mixed group of mobilized reservists and depleted professional troops. Based on social media messages and announcements of combat losses, the BBC assessed the 3rd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade suffered its worst casualties to date during fighting in Lyman, with the possibility that 75% of its reconnaissance company troops were lost.
A significant number of fleeing Russian troops were trapped in a smaller pocket east of the city. Some Russian contingents had also lost contact to their main force, and hid in the nearby forests.
Total Russian military deaths were probably heavy (per British Ministry of Defence); 1,500+ killed according to the Ukrainian MoD (this number is NOT verified). Number of Ukrainian deaths not known, although there were casualties.
These are the bodies of KIA Russian soldiers who had to be left behind by their retreating comrades who had no time to pick them up.
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There are other photos of KIA Russians in Lyman, who were left in the settlement, but I can't find them.
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20. In Lyman itself.
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23. A KIA Ukrainian soldier at a destroyed gas station.
24. Same ^ - being bagged to be evac'd out.
25. Two Ukrainian soldiers carry a comrade in a body bag while a third soldier (on the right) carries the remains of a Russian soldier in a bag.
26. Ukrainian military movements as they closed in on Lyman and surround the Russian forces.
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September 2022.
The Second Battle of Lyman (the first battle took place when the Russians captured it 6 months earlier) was a military engagement during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, as part of the 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive. The battle started on 10 September 2022 during the counteroffensive and ended three weeks later on 2 October.
By 30 September, Ukrainian forces had closed in on the city after crossing the Siverskyi Donets River, advancing along Lyman's southern and eastern flanks while capturing land northwest of the settlement, allowing Ukrainian forces to cut off the only road left supplying the occupying forces from the north.
On 1 October, 2022 Ukrainian forces entered Lyman after the Russian forces had withdrawn.
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Following the battle, British intelligence assessed that the Russian forces defending the town were a mixed group of mobilized reservists and depleted professional troops. Based on social media messages and announcements of combat losses, the BBC assessed the 3rd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade suffered its worst casualties to date during fighting in Lyman, with the possibility that 75% of its reconnaissance company troops were lost.
A significant number of fleeing Russian troops were trapped in a smaller pocket east of the city. Some Russian contingents had also lost contact to their main force, and hid in the nearby forests.
Total Russian military deaths were probably heavy (per British Ministry of Defence); 1,500+ killed according to the Ukrainian MoD (this number is NOT verified). Number of Ukrainian deaths not known, although there were casualties.
These are the bodies of KIA Russian soldiers who had to be left behind by their retreating comrades who had no time to pick them up.
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There are other photos of KIA Russians in Lyman, who were left in the settlement, but I can't find them.
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20. In Lyman itself.
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23. A KIA Ukrainian soldier at a destroyed gas station.
24. Same ^ - being bagged to be evac'd out.
25. Two Ukrainian soldiers carry a comrade in a body bag while a third soldier (on the right) carries the remains of a Russian soldier in a bag.
26. Ukrainian military movements as they closed in on Lyman and surround the Russian forces.
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