“If there was no Operation Vivaldi, we would have had to leave Sloviansk, maybe this month or next month.”
Preston Stewart · Policy · November 2026
Context
Asked whether a recent Ukrainian operation near Lyman affected his sector, the officer says it didn't reduce drone strikes on Sloviansk but cleared Russian forces from the north. He notes his own brigade didn't take part.
Transcript
It means that in Limans no Russians today. So Operation Yvaldi freed Iman from Russian soldiers. I know this because my friends in other brigades, HPV pilots, says me about this. Because our brigade not takes in Operation Vivaldi.
But you're right there, so you can understand or you saw the effects of it.
I saw effect and I listened this effect from my friends. Because say you say you one more time. Now on Slovyansk, Operation Vivaldi only on Slovyansk. No in Slavyansk, no less drones, no less bombs. But if
there was no one.
If there was no Operation Vivaldi, we have go from Slovyansk maybe this month on next month.
This whole area is regularly referred to as the fortress belt. You've been there the entire time. Can you explain why this area is so well defended?
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