Serhiy Cherivati, a spokesman for the army in eastern Ukraine, stated today (Saturday) that Ukraine had encircled the Russian soldiers around a significant Moscow bastion in the town of Lyman (Saturday).
According to Cherivati, there are between 5,000 and 5,500 Russian soldiers in Lyman; however, the number of the besieged forces may have fallen as a result of casualties among the men attempting to break free of the siege.
Denis Pushilin, the head of the pro-Russian separatists in the Donetsk region, declared yesterday (Friday) that Ukrainian troops are retaking nearby villages while Russian forces are “partially surrounded” in the Ukrainian town of Lyman.
Eastern Europe.
Russian forces are under siege in the town of Lyman, according to the Ukrainian army.
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