The Russian

don't need the Liman bridge itself, which is in Donetsk region, the invaders want to push back the Ukrainian troops, take them from the left bank of the Oskol reservoir.

Military expert, reserve colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Roman Svitan told about this in an interview with TSN.ua.

"Lyman is such a key to the left bank of the Oskolsky Reservoir. That is, the idea of ​​the Russians is now clear - they are trying to push our troops, who are on the left bank of the Oskolsky Reservoir, from Kupyansk to Liman, to push them back. Push them from north to south, from near Kupyansk to Liman, they will try to go from Valuyok to Kupyansk and further to Liman, taking cover from the right flank by the Oskol reservoir. It is simply convenient for them to do this. Of course, they will immediately try to carry out offensive actions on Liman, only from the eastern part . This is from Rubizhny to Torske and to Liman. That is, this is such a double movement. They are trying to do it," he said.

According to him, the occupiers are not interested in the city of Liman itself.

"The matter is not in the city of Liman itself, but in the interriver, between the Oskol Reservoir and the Krasnaya River, along which the front line is now running, but they are trying to simply take this interriver. Liman is a geographical point on the map, not the city itself, they need it is necessary to push our troops beyond Siverskyi Donetsk in the Lyman area, to take them from the left bank of the Oskolsky Reservoir," Roman Svitan said.

It will be recalled that the Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Malyar reported that this week the Russian military threw all their forces to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian defenders and surround Bakhmut.

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