According to him, both sides face serious logistical difficulties. The reasons are large areas of the so-called gray zone and the active use of UAVs.
The Russians continue to try to infiltrate Liman and at the same time try to bypass the city, Tregubov said.
He noted that the enemy is especially interested in an exit from the northern flank in the direction of the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration.
“Everything is already in motion here. […] Therefore, this direction is constantly tense for them, but, again, they get a good kick in the teeth there,” Tregubov emphasized.
Context
In September 2025, the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that the Russians were trying to bypass Liman from different directions in order to further advance towards Slavyansk. First they want to take Liman, and then advance directly to the outskirts of Slavyansk, the Ukrainian military said. It is also possible to route through Kramatorsk – from the south, the Ukrainian Armed Forces added.
In early December, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the aggressor country, Russia, Valery Gerasimov, said that the Russian army allegedly entered Liman. The Ukrainian Armed Forces denied this.
The estuary, for which fighting continues, is completely covered with fiber-optic threads from drones, the 63rd Mechanized Brigade was informed on December 19.
