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Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps announced the liberation of three more villages — Nove, Ridkodub and Katerynivka — near Lyman in Donetsk Oblast during the third stage of Operation Vivaldi, reclaiming 51 square kilometers. Commander Andrii Biletskyi said Russian forces lost roughly 2,000 personnel in the operation and more than 250 Russian soldiers were taken prisoner, with kamikaze armoured vehicles and remote-controlled ground robots armed with grenade launchers used to storm Russian positions.