Biletskyi on new phase of Operation ’Vivaldi’: Ukraine has regained further 101 km² of territory, whilst Russia has lost 3,000 soldiers. VIDEO

The Third Army Corps and attached units have liberated three more settlements – Zelena Dolyna, Lypove and Kolodiazi.

This was announced in a statement by Brigadier General Andrii Biletskyi, according to Censor.NET.

Thwarting the enemy’s plans and defending the Kharkiv–Sloviansk road

It is reported that during the fourth phase of ‘Vivaldi’ , the enemy lost around 3,000 soldiers, whilst Ukraine regained 101 km² of territory.

The operation, which began with the elimination of Russian infiltration, escalated into a rapid and large-scale offensive. The disoriented occupiers began to lose control of their units, where utter chaos ensued.

"We prevented the enemy from outflanking the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration and encircling it, and we also defended the Kharkiv–Sloviansk road. The enemy was unable to cut off our group’s key logistical artery in the Donbas. We thwarted the offensive by the ‘West’ group and forced it to redeploy part of the 1st Tank Army’s units, which eased the pressure on Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi," Biletskyi stated.

Results of Operation ‘Vivaldi’

Over the course of the operation, 16 settlements have been returned to full Ukrainian control and 277 km² have been liberated. Enemy losses amount to 8,000 Russian soldiers.

Units that took part in the offensive

All this was achieved by the forces of the 3rd Assault Brigade, the 60th Separate Mechanised Brigade, the 125th Separate Heavy Mechanised Brigade, the 3rd Separate Reconnaissance Battalion, the 25th Operational-Tactical Battalion and the 21st Separate Regiment of USF "KRAKEN¹⁶⁵⁴", as well as attached units: the 66th Separate Mechanised Brigade, the 3rd Border Guard Detachment, the 10th Mobile Border Guard Detachment "Dozor", tactical groups from the 8th Special Operations Regiment, the National Guard’s "Lasar’s Group", K2 of the USF, and unmanned units of the Central Special Operations Group "A".