Russia Says It Seized 14 Positions Near Lyman as Ukraine Moves 78th Brigade Toward Miropolye

Overview

• Russian security sources told RIA Novosti that Russian forces captured 14 Ukrainian strongpoints near Lyman on the Kharkiv axis.
• The sources said Ukrainian personnel were absent from six of the seized positions, describing them as hastily abandoned.
• In a separate update, the same sources reported that Ukrainian command redeployed elements of the 78th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade to the village of Miropolye in Sumy Oblast.
• The units were described as moving from the Tetkino–Glushkov direction toward Miropolye.
• The sources added that the 78th formation was reorganized from a regiment into a brigade on December 15 and placed under Ukraine’s 7th Air Assault Corps, and none of the claims were independently verified.