Russia has lost 90% of its initiative in one of its key areas: a military official revealed the details.

Nikita Shenderovsky11:19, 19.06.26

The Defense Forces’ attacks on Russian logistics are already making themselves felt at the tactical level, Polozhuhno stated.

The situation in the Third Army Corps’ area of responsibility in the Liman sector is dynamic, but Russia is beginning to lose the initiative there amid attacks by the Defense Forces on the occupiers’ logistics. Daniil Polozhukhno, head of the Kraken unmanned aerial systems regiment, spoke about this on Novosti.Live .

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“The enemy has already lost the initiative across almost 90% of its operational zone. The enemy is facing a distinct tactical deficit. Ukraine’s strikes at the operational level—on logistics and operational rear areas—and those carried out at the strategic level directly impact the tactical level. There’s a significant shortage of everything related to the enemy’s tactical supply chain—fuel, ammunition, hygiene products, food—the enemy is facing a huge shortage of all of these,” Polozhukhno said.

He added that Russia continues to receive reinforcements in this area. However, according to the soldier, these reinforcements are poorly motivated.

“We have a case: in one narrow strip, the enemy has attempted to send its infantry groups along the same route, across a field, more than 40 times over the past 10 days. And each one has either been blown up or destroyed by FPVs. Any reasonable commander would have changed this route long ago,” Polozhuhno said.

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