ISW: The Armed Forces expand positions and can surround Russian troops around Liman
Ukrainian defenders expand the positions to the east of the Oskol River and north of the Seversky Donets River, which can allow them to surround Russian troops that are being held around Liman. About it writes the American Institute for War Research (ISW). "Further Ukrainian advancement to the east along the northern bank of the Seversky Donets can make Russia's position around the estuary are incapacitated and open the approaches to Lisichansk and, finally, to Severodonetsk," the analysts say.