The Russian Ministry of Defense officially confirmed the withdrawal of troops from the estuary.
“Despite the losses incurred, having significant superiority in forces and means, the enemy introduced reserves and continued the offensive in this direction. In connection with the creation of the threat of the environment, the Allied troops were allocated from the village of Krasny Liman to more profitable borders,” the say says In the statement of the department.
Speaker of the Eastern Group of Armed Forces of Armed Forces Sergei Chervaty said that the Ukrainian army was already in the estuary, but fighting was continuing there.
” They massively asked for help, but everyone watched the concert on Red Square, so they could not come. So the help did not come, they did not send reinforcements, “he said about the fate of Russian troops remaining in the city.
Liman is the first Ukrainian city, which the Armed Forces of Ukraine has to be released a second time. In mid -April 2014, he was captured by the separatists of Donbass. Then the control over the estuary was restored after a month and a half, in early June 2014. In 2022, the Russian army was able to capture the estuary at the end of May and held it for more than four months.