Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated that the success of the nation’s forces extends beyond the liberation of Lyman. “The story of the liberation of Lyman in the Donetsk region has now become the most popular in the media,” Zelenskiy said in his nightly address. “But the successes of our soldiers are not limited to … Read more
Russia has pulled out of the vital Ukrainian town of Lyman, which is considered as a major setback for its eastern war. Strategically speaking, Lyman’s recapture is important for Ukraine. The action has been criticized by Ukraine and its Western supporters as an illegitimate territorial grab. Russia has pulled out of the vital Ukrainian town … Read more
Russia has gained control of Ukraine’s industrial city of Sievierodonetsk, according to Britain’s defence minister. Ukraine was likely in control of the river line at crossing places between Lysychansk and Lyman, as well as in the city of Lyman. Russians dominate 70% of the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk. According to Britain’s defence minister, Russia has … Read more
Russia intensified its assault on eastern Ukraine on Saturday, claiming to have taken the strategically important town of Lyman and successfully tested hypersonic missiles in the Arctic. Ukrainian forces down the road battled to repel Russian forces from the outskirts of the key city of Severodonetsk, a Ukrainian official said, however denying claims it had … Read more
Separatist forces in Ukraine supported by Moscow said on Friday that they had taken Lyman, a major town on a route linking to important eastern towns still under Kyiv’s control. Separatist forces, working with Russian soldiers, have “liberated and taken full control of 220 settlements, including Krasny Liman,” the breakaway province of Donetsk claimed on its … Read more
According to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Russian forces are “performing an intensive onslaught” in the Donetsk region’s strategic town of Lyman. Russian efforts to “fully take control” of Lyman, according to Ministry spokesperson Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, “failed.” Images shared on social media on Wednesday, however, showed Russian soldiers in identifiable areas in the town’s northern neighborhoods, … Read more
A new UN-led rescue attempt was launched on Friday to evacuate the last residents trapped inside a besieged steel mill in Mariupol, which has become the southern city’s last bastion against Russian forces. Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers, as well as 200 civilians, including children, are believed to be hiding in the Soviet-era tunnels and bunkers … Read more
Russian artillery barrages and air strikes have killed nine civilians, according to the regional military administration in Donetsk. Russian bombers bombarded the town of Avdiivka Tuesday morning. According to Pavlo Kyrylenko, the chairman of the Donetsk regional military administration, a residential sector in the city’s center district was targeted. He claimed that the same region … Read more
Hundreds of residents were evacuated from Lyman, in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region on Tuesday. The Russian military blasted the town with artillery fire. An armored coach and many other cars were transporting men, women, and children of different ages. A 59-year-old Igor says, “I’m not going back there. I’m afraid.” “I took what I could … Read more
Pavel Borlatschenko sobbed as he watched his wife Marina board one of the last buses transporting civilians from Lyman, which is set to fall to Russian soldiers soon. Swirls of black smoke rise above a depot near the railway station after a morning strike in the town in the eastern Donbas region, where the Russian … Read more
