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Russian forces attacked near Lyman, northwest near Stavky, Svyatohirsk, Sosnove, and Yarova; northeast near Kolodyazi, Zarichne, Drobysheve, and Myrne; southeast near Dibrova and Ozerne on January 16 and 17.

Lyman, Donetsk Oblast
Likely Reported by 3 independent sources
Institute for the Study of War Ukrainska Pravda Censor.NET

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Entities

Russian Forces (military_unit) Russian Ministry of Defense (organization) 88th Motorized Rifle Brigade (military_unit) 123rd Motorized Rifle Brigade (military_unit) Russian drone storage site (location) Ukrainian defense forces (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Hostri Kartuzy (military_unit) Ukrainian defenders (military_unit) Russian Federation (organization) Serebryansky forestry (location) 81st Separate Airborne Slobozhansky Brigade (military_unit) Zakytne (location) Kryva Luka (location) Sloviansk (location) Lyman (location) Mykolaivka (location) Dobropillia (location) Toretsk (location) Kucherevy Yar (location) Zolotyi Kolodiaz (location) Zatyshche (location) Kramatorsk (location) Novoselivka (location) Druzhkivka (location) Svyato-Pokrovskyi (location)

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian forces attacked near and within Lyman on January 16 and 17.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian defense forces struck a Russian drone storage and preparation site near temporarily occupied Donetsk.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

In the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region near Donetsk, a storage facility and preparation site for unmanned aerial vehicles was hit

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.989Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-january-17-2026