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Key Takeaway: Ukraine’s Operation Vivaldi has achieved the operationally-significant objective of disrupting the Russian effort to conduct a wide encirclement of Ukraine’s Fortress Belt. 🧵⬇️(1/3) Uk...

SummaryUkraine's Operation Vivaldi has successfully disrupted Russia's plan to encircle Ukraine's Fortress Belt from the north, with Ukrainian gains north of Lyman making the Russian strategy unfeasible. Russian forces continue prioritizing frontal attacks from the south and southwest despite the failed Lyman offensive, possibly to maintain domestic propaganda narratives about advances in Donetsk Oblast.Sep 16, 20263 tweets♥ 3.3K