{"id":615079,"date":"2026-09-14T10:48:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T07:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/09\/615079\/the-ukrainian-armed-forces-counteroffensive-thwarted-russia-s-plan-to-encircle-sloviansk-and-kramatorsk-from-the-north\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T10:48:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T07:48:27","slug":"the-ukrainian-armed-forces-counteroffensive-thwarted-russia-s-plan-to-encircle-sloviansk-and-kramatorsk-from-the-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/09\/615079\/the-ukrainian-armed-forces-counteroffensive-thwarted-russia-s-plan-to-encircle-sloviansk-and-kramatorsk-from-the-north\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ukrainian Armed Forces\u2019 counteroffensive thwarted Russia\u2019s plan to encircle Sloviansk and Kramatorsk from the north"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russian forces have lost more than <strong>200 square kilometers<\/strong> on the main axis of their offensive in the <strong>Donetsk region<\/strong>. This disrupted the <strong>RF<\/strong>&#8216;s plans to encircle the <strong>Sloviansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration<\/strong> from the north, the <strong>Institute for the Study of War (ISW)<\/strong> and OSINT analyst <strong>Kleman Molen<\/strong> reported. Later this information was confirmed by <strong>Rochan Consulting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian counteroffensive lasted <strong>four months<\/strong>. During that time the <strong>UAF<\/strong> liberated <strong>Nove<\/strong>, reached <strong>Kolodezi<\/strong> and carried out an assault on the sector between <strong>Katerinivka<\/strong> and <strong>Novolyubivka<\/strong>. As a result of these actions the Russian grouping was effectively cut off.<\/p>\n<p>According to <strong>Rochan Consulting<\/strong>, the Russian army lost about <strong>240 square kilometers<\/strong>. The <strong>ISW<\/strong> noted that the Ukrainian operation negated all of <strong>Russia<\/strong>&#8216;s territorial gains since the beginning of <strong>March<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Russian military experts also acknowledged that Ukrainian forces broke through the defensive line and reached the rear of the <strong>RF<\/strong> formation in the area of <strong>Lyman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>President <strong>Volodymyr Zelensky<\/strong> also said that <strong>Russia<\/strong> has postponed the deadline to capture the <strong>Donbas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- website-article-source:8ba885d7b6a12bb1872e7eda --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Earlier we wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/09\/612374\/russia-attacked-on-several-fronts-but-did-not-achieve-any-confirmed-successes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia attacked on several fronts, but did not achieve confirmed successes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/08\/609053\/the-ukrainian-armed-forces-have-improved-their-positions-in-three-directions-isw-reported-changes-at-the-front\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The UAF improved positions on three fronts: ISW reported changes on the front<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/08\/606080\/russian-forces-did-not-advance-in-several-directions-along-the-front-isw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian forces did not advance on several front sectors \u2014 ISW<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/08\/602396\/isw-in-2026-russia-s-pace-sharply-slowed-the-buffer-zone-near-kharkiv-remains-out-of-reach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ISW: In 2026 the RF&#8217;s pace sharply slowed \u2014 the buffer zone near Kharkiv remains out of reach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/07\/599635\/syrskyi-after-resignation-743-km-liberated-kursk-operation-and-unmanned-systems-forces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Syrskyi after resignation: 743 km\u00b2 liberated, Kursk operation and Unmanned Systems Forces<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udcf0 \u2694\ufe0f The Ukrainian counteroffensive lasted four months. The Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated Nove, reached Kolodeziv, and advanced on an important axis in the Donetsk region.<br \/>\n\ud83e\ude96 After the assault between Katerynivka and Novoliubivka, the Russian grouping was effectively cut off.<br \/>\n\ud83d\udccd ISW believes that Russia has lost all gains made since the beginning of March, and Rochan Consulting estimates the recaptured area at roughly 240 km\u00b2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12394,"featured_media":615054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","tstyn_error":"","tie_post_sub_title":"Russian forces lost more than 200 square kilometers"},"categories":[4615],"tags":[4698,4726,4709],"class_list":["post-615079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accidents","tag-afu","tag-donbasuk","tag-war-with-russia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Ukrainian Armed Forces\u2019 counteroffensive thwarted Russia\u2019s plan to encircle Sloviansk and Kramatorsk from the north - \u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u041d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0430\u0435\u0432\u0430 c\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044f<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\ud83d\udcf0 \u2694\ufe0f The Ukrainian counteroffensive lasted four months. 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