Today, Russian Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov made some of the most ridiculous claims I've ever seen in this war.
According to him, 85% of Lyman is under Russian control, and Russian forces have captured all of Borova, half of Shyikivka, and are fighting for Druzhelyubivka and Cherneshchyna.
The reality is:
Russian forces control only a few positions on the outskirts of Lyman and are infiltrating some of the suburbs. The VAST MAJORITY of fighting is still ongoing for positions OUTSIDE Lyman.
Russian forces are over 3 km from the outskirts of Borova, let alone fully controlling it. They are also over 4 km from Shyikivka, over 4 km from Cherneshchyna, and over 1.1 km from the outskirts of Druzhelyubivka. Claims of full Russian control over the remnants of Luhansk Oblast are also false.
I've mapped what his claims of the frontline configuration would theoretically look like below.
I've said it before and I will say it again: NEVER trust wartime government reports, whether they are Russian or Ukrainian.
