Battle of Lyman (September–October 2022)

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Battle of Lyman
Part of the 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Lyman after the battle (2022-10-06) 01.jpg
Destroyed Russian equipment in Lyman
Date3 September – 1 October 2022
(4 weeks)
Location
Lyman, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Result Ukrainian victory
Belligerents
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Lugansk People's Republic.svg  Luhansk PR [1] (until 30 September)		Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Commanders and leaders
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Lapin [2]
Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Fomchenkov [3] 		Flag of Ukraine.svg Valerii Zaluzhnyi
Units involved

Banner of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (obverse).svg  Russian Armed Forces

Patch of the People's Militia of Lugansk People's Republic.svg LPR People's Militia [1]

  • 208th "Cossack" Motor Rifle Regiment [4]
Local separatist special forces [1]

Ensign of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.svg  Armed Forces of Ukraine

Ensign of the National Guard of Ukraine.svg National Guard of Ukraine [8]

Strength
c. 5,500 (Ukrainian estimate) [1] Unknown
Casualties and losses
Probably heavy (per British Ministry of Defence) [11]
1,500+ killed (Ukrainian claim) [12] 		Unknown

In September 2022, a military engagement took place near Lyman, Ukraine, during a major Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast. 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. [13] On 1 October, Ukrainian forces entered Lyman after a Russian withdrawal. [14]

Contents

Background

On 24 March 2022, a month into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, [15] Russia claimed to control 93% of Luhansk Oblast, [16] leaving Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk as strategically important Ukrainian holdouts in the area. Russian plans to capture Sievierodonetsk hinged upon its successes in the nearby cities of Rubizhne to the north and Popasna to the south. [17] By 6 April, Russian forces had reportedly captured 60% of Rubizhne, [18] and shells and rockets were landing in Sievierodonetsk at "regular, sustained intervals". [19] Russian forces reportedly seized Rubizhne on 12 May 2022. [20]

South of Lyman, the battle of the Siverskyi Donets occurred mid-May 2022, with Ukraine repelling multiple Russian attempts to cross the river. [21] Russian forces suffered an estimated 400 to 485 dead and wounded during the attempts. [22] [23]

On 27 May, however, Ukrainian Defence Ministry claimed that the battle for control of the city was still ongoing, stating their forces were continuing to hold the southwestern and northeastern districts, while other Ukrainian officials acknowledged most of Lyman, including the city center, was under Russian control. [24] In addition, the United Kingdom also assessed most of the town had come under Russian control by 27 May. [25]

Battle

Early September

On 3 September, Ukrainian forces crossed the Siverskyi Donets River and recaptured Ozerne, which implied "degrading Russian control of the river's left bank east of Sloviansk", according to the Institute for the Study of War. [26] On September 5, they entered the village of Staryi Karavan. [27]

Amid the 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive, when Ukraine retook Kupiansk and Izium, Ukraine also claimed it had reached the southern outskirts of Lyman on 10 September. [28] The same day, military equipment was sent to Lyman and battles were fought on the outskirts of the city. [29] [30] Igor Girkin reported that the Russian army had retreated and units from the LPR and DPR forces were defending forested areas near Lyman. [31] It was later claimed that the Russian troops garrisoning Lyman had not been properly supplied and reinforced by the region's leading Russian commander, Alexander Lapin. [2]

Ukrainian forces were moving to encircle Lyman from the south, east, west and northwest, and later north, while Russian forces identified the Russian defenders of Lyman as BARS-13 and BARS-16 detachments (the latter of which is known as the "Kuban" detachment), which are sub-battalion formations comprising Russian reservists from the Russian Special Combat Army Reserve. [6] BARS-13 commander Sergei Fomchenkov publicly warned that his troops' position was "extremely difficult", but initially expressed the belief that the city could be held. [3]

Map of the Lyman pocket during the battle of Lyman Map of the Second Battle of Lyman 2022.svg
Map of the Lyman pocket during the battle of Lyman
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Russian casualties in the Lyman pocket

12 September

On 12 September, Ukrainian forces liberated the town of Sviatohirsk. [32]

15 September

On 15 September, Ukrainian forces retook Sosnove, forcing the small Russian force in the nearby Studenok, a settlement in Kharkiv Oblast east of the Oskil River, to withdraw to avoid encirclement. [33]

17 September

On 17 September, Ukrainian forces liberated the town of Shchurove, 6 km southwest of Lyman. [34]

19-21 September

The other direction was east and engaged in fierce battles in nearby Yarova by 19 September; with Russian military bloggers reporting fighting in Drobysheve on 21 September. [35]

Ukrainian forces also liberated Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast, which put an end to full Russian control over the Luhansk Oblast. [36]

The wreckage of a Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-34, registered RF-81852, pictured after the Russian withdrawal. An RF-81852 Sukhoi Su-34 destroyed at Lyman, after the Russian withdrawal.jpg
The wreckage of a Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-34, registered RF-81852, pictured after the Russian withdrawal.

22 September

On 22 September, several Russian sources reported fighting to the northwest of Lyman and claimed that Ukrainian troops penetrated Russian defenses in Ridkodub and Karpivka, both 20 km north of Lyman. [37]

Yatskivka and Korovii Yar came under Ukrainian control by 22 September, [38] as Ukrainian forces inched closer to the administrative border of Donetsk Oblast and Kharkiv Oblast as well as Luhansk Oblast.

24-26 September

By 24–25 September, Ukrainian forces tried to push south from the Ridkodub-Nove line. [6]

By 24 September, Russian military bloggers were reporting that Ukrainian forces had taken control of half of Novoselivka, 10 km northwest of Lyman and next to both Yarova and Drobysheve; [6] by 28 September, the Ukrainian 81st Brigade, along with the National Guard, fully liberated Novoselivka and advanced further south and east towards Lyman. [8]

27 September

By 27 September, some Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian reconnaissance and sabotage groups had been witnessed in Torske and Yampil, 14 km northeast and 13 km southeast of Lyman, respectively. [39]

28 September

By 28 September, Ukrainian forces had recaptured Karpivka, Nove, Ridkodub, and Novoselivka in Donetsk Oblast, and were advancing eastward to liberate Katerynivka. [39] [40] It was also reported that Ukrainian forces had liberated Zelena Dolyna, about 15 km north of Lyman and directly south of Nove and northeast of Shandryholove. Geolocated combat footage corroborated claims made by Russian milbloggers that Ukrainians took control of Zelena Dolyna and pushed east to take control of Kolodiazi (11 km northeast of Lyman). [41]

On 28 September, several Russian sources reported that Ukrainian troops pushed southeast of Kolodiazi (which is north of Lyman) and were fighting on the outskirts of Torske, 12 km northeast of Lyman. Some Russian milbloggers also claimed that Ukrainian troops accumulated near Yampil (13 km southeast of Lyman) and broke through Russian defensive lines there to push towards Torske from the southwest. Some milbloggers were concerned that Svatove-Lyman road, a critical ground line of communication (GLOC) for the Russian grouping in Lyman, could be severed at any time by Ukrainian forces, thus finishing the encirclement of Russian troops in Lyman. [41]

29 September

On 29 September, WarGonzo (real name Semyon Pegov), a prominent Russian milblogger, reported that Ukrainian forces broke through Russian defenses around Stavky  [ uk ], 10 km north of Lyman, and cut the Torske-Drobysheve road, the last supply and egress route for Russian elements holding the line west of Lyman. Another Russian milblogger, Rybar, pointed out that Ukrainian troops were attacking Lyman from three directions and had cut Russian access to the critical Svatove-Lyman road, the major ground line of communication (GLOC) sustaining the Russian grouping within Lyman itself. [42]

30 September

On 30 September, Russian sources indicated that Ukrainian forces had recaptured Stavky and severed the Drobysheve-Torske road, causing the Russian military to abandon Drobysheve. [43]

By 30 September, Russian war correspondent, Semyon Pegov (aka WarGonzo), reported that the last highway into Lyman had been cut off by Ukrainian forces, calling the situation "extremely difficult" for the Russian soldiers there, [44] and pointed out then "elements of the BARS-13 detachment and the 752nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 20th Combined Arms Army, which are reportedly defending around Drobysheve and into Lyman." [45]

On 30 September, Ukrainian forces liberated Yampil, and engaged in fierce battle around Zarichne-Torske area. Some Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces had crossed the Siverskyi Donets River in Dronivka and were operating in the forests south of Kreminna, and Russian sources uniformly noted that Ukrainian artillery continued to interdict Russian forces’ single remaining egress route on the Kreminna-Torske road. [46]

Ukraine's President Zelenskyy spoke of progress around Lyman in a video address on 30 September. He thanked Ukrainian troops for the liberation of Yampil, to the southeast and Drobysheve, to the northwest of the city. [47]

Fall of the city and withdrawal of the Russian troops

1 October

On 1 October Ukrainian troops raised the Ukrainian flag at an entrance sign to Lyman, after the Russian troops claimed to have withdrawn. It was initially reported that up to 5,000 Russian troops remained trapped inside. [48] The Russian defence ministry confirmed that its forces had lost control of Lyman later that afternoon. [14] [49] According to Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesperson for Ukraine's eastern forces, the Russian forces were surrounded. He said that the capture of Lyman was important because "it is the next step towards liberation of the Ukrainian Donbas". The gains came a day after Russian president Putin proclaimed at a ceremony in Moscow, that the occupied regions of Ukraine, including the Donbas, were now Russian. Retired US general Ben Hodges said "This puts in bright lights that his claim is illegitimate and cannot be enforced". [50]

Later on 1 October, Russian sources stated that their troops had withdrawn from Lyman toward the east, including Kreminna. [2] Ukrainian sources later concurred that most of the Russian garrison had pulled out, though some troops had been left behind and were mopped up by the advancing Ukrainians. [51] [52] The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence estimated that the Russian forces had taken "heavy" losses during their hasty retreat to escape the encirclement. [11] Following the battle, British intelligence assessed that the Russian forces defending the town were a mixed group of mobilized reservists and depleted professional troops. [53] Based on social media messages and announcements of combat losses, the BBC assessed that the 1,600-strong 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. [54] [55] 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. [56]

2 October

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on 2 October that Lyman had been "fully cleared". [11]

Aftermath

Exhumation at a mass grave in Lyman by the National Police of Ukraine, 9 October Exhumation in Lyman (2022-10-09) 01.jpg
Exhumation at a mass grave in Lyman by the National Police of Ukraine, 9 October

Ukraine regained an important railroad hub, allowing mop-up operations in northern Donetsk Oblast (on the left side of the Siverskyi Donets river). [57] [58] The recapture of Lyman also dealt a blow to the legitimacy of the Russian annexation of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts on 30 September 2022, and opened the doors to possible northward and eastward advance to Svatove and Kreminna. [59]

Journalist Harald Stutte described the Ukrainian recapture of Lyman by means of a pincer movement and encirclement of Russian forces as a "tactical masterstroke" and Valerii Zaluzhnyi's "third important victory" after the failure of Russian operations in northern Ukraine and the Kharkiv counteroffensive. [60]

On 7 October 2022, governor Pavlo Kyrylenko and Ukrinform stated that a mass grave containing about 180 bodies had been found in Lyman. The exact number, identities (military or civilian) and causes of death of the people were not yet known. [61] On 20 October, Donetsk Oblast Police Department reported that the bodies of 111 civilians and 35 soldiers were found in a mass burial site consisting of trenches, with some graves unmarked. [62] At the time, the police said '58 mass burial sites [had] been found in the liberated settlements of Donetsk Oblast', 25 of which were located in Lyman. [62]

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