Russian 1st Tank Army assault units fail to stabilize front near Lyman due to personnel shortage

Russian 1st Tank Army assault units cannot stabilize the front near Lyman due to a critical shortage of personnel, according to an intelligence officer of Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps. The enemy will be forced to deploy undertrained reserves from training grounds to shore up defenses. The officer stated Russian forces' main task is stabilizing their defense line and observation system while bringing in reserves for a counterattack. Assault units from the 1st Tank Army are already suffering critical losses on logistics routes before reaching active combat zones, as they were deployed to support the main Russian offensive direction. The comments relate to Ukraine's Operation Vivaldi, launched in mid-September in northern Donetsk Oblast. Ukrainian forces have liberated over 100 square kilometers, cut enemy logistics routes, and inflicted heavy losses, including around 3,000 Russian personnel and thousands of drones, disrupting Russian plans to encircle Ukrainian fortress cities.