After four months of Russian occupation, the city of Lyman returns under Ukrainian control at the end of two weeks of fierce fighting.
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The Ukrainian armed forces brought a blow to the Russian claims to annex “irreversible” the Donbass, against the backdrop of nuclear threats. The Ukrainian city of Lyman, where the Russian occupation administration had just organized a simulacrum of annexation referendum, was ironed on Sunday October 2, under the control of the Ukrainian government after several days of fierce fighting. “At 12:30 p.m. locals, the city of Lyman is completely rid of the Russian occupants,” said the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense in a tweet. Images of Ukrainian soldiers strolling in front of the municipal administration of this city of 20,000 inhabitants before the invasion, located in the north of the Donetsk region, have already been circulating since the day before on social networks.
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AS of 12:30 (Kyiv Time) The Town of Lyman, Donetsk Region is fully Cleared of the Russian Occupiers.
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While many pro-Kremlin commentators deplored a defeat announced for several days, due to the lack of reinforcements, the Russian Ministry of Defense minimized its scope. “More than 200 Ukrainian soldiers were eliminated in the Krasny Liman area [Soviet name of Lyman]. Despite the losses suffered, having a clear superiority in forces and means, the enemy amasses its staff and continues the offensive In this direction. Due to the creation of a threat of encirclement, the Allied troops made a retirement (…) to more advantageous defense lines, “said a statement from the ministry Published From the 1 er October, on his Telegram channel. Images of Russian soldiers taken prisoner in Lyman and its surroundings suggest that Russian retirement was not as order as Moscow affirms, although it is impossible to quantify the losses suffered by the invader.
“A historical error for Russia”
In fact, the Ukrainian counter-offensive quickly continues its push to the east. Sunday evening, the front line had already moved 20 kilometers further east, in the Louhansk region, approaching Kreminna, a city of size comparable to that of Lyman. True to its habit, the Ukrainian army performs an envelopment and attacks the city on three axes: one in the north to cut the P-66, the main supply route from Russia; the other two from the west and the south, in order to take the city in vice.
The Russian army is now trying to use Kreminna as a lock to stop the Ukrainian advance. Behind the city is the vast industrial conurbation of Lyssytchansk, Sievierodonetsk and Roubijné – 200,000 inhabitants before the invasion. Moscow had not managed to take control of this conurbation in early July, only after more than three months of massive bombing which almost shaved the three cities and a very heavy civil and military report.
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