The military command in Moscow is shifting thousands of troops to the east to stop the momentum of the Ukrainian 3rd Army Corps during Operation Vivaldi. Ukrainian forces have recaptured roughly 190.80 km² in the Lyman direction and deployed drone teams to strike logistics targets 120 km behind the frontlines. These advances have left the planned Russian offensive on the Slovyansk-Kramatorsk urban area unresolved, with Russian military sources acknowledging a risk of encirclement from the north and northeast.

Russian military bloggers cite a pervasive culture of lying and exaggerated battle reports as the primary reason their command was blind to the Ukrainian surge. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that 10,660 Russian troops were killed or wounded across all sectors this week. Ukraine has since re-established Svyatohirsk as a logistics hub and is attacking the village of Zarichne from three directions to eliminate the remaining Russian bridgeheads west of the Zherebets River.