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The head of the Russian-backed separatist administration in east Ukraine's Donetsk region said on Friday that the Russian stronghold of Lyman, in the region's north, was "semi-encircled" by the ...
IRYNA BALACHUK - SATURDAY, 1 OCTOBER 2022, 12:31 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have liberated 5 settlements near Lyman in Donetsk Oblast; at the moment, stabilisation measures are taking place there.
STORY: A video posted on social media by the Ukrainian president's chief of staff purports to show Ukrainian soldiers waving the national flag on the outskirts of the eastern town of Lyman, a ...
On 8 July 2023, at around 9:55 a.m., during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces shelled the residential area in the center of Lyman with 9M55K-series Smerch cluster munition. Lyman was at the time approximately 15 kilometers west of Russian-occupied territories. The bombing killed 9 civilians, while 13 were wounded.
Lyman itself was founded in 1667/1678 as a fortified town near the Mayaka fortress. [5] [6] In the course of the administrative reform carried out in 1708 by Moscow tsar Peter I, Lyman was explicitly mentioned as one of the towns included to Azov Governorate. [7] [8] From 1904 to 1910, a railway was constructed that passed through Lyman.
In September 2022, a military engagement took place near Lyman, Ukraine, during a major Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast.By 30 September, Ukrainian forces had closed in on the city after crossing the Siverskyi Donets River, advancing along Lyman's southern and eastern flanks while capturing land northwest of the settlement, allowing Ukrainian forces to cut off the only road left ...
Charlie D'Agata traveled to Lyman in the Donbas, a city recaptured by Ukrainian forces over the weekend. The strategically important town was being used as an eastern logistics hub by Russian ...
During the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, the brigade took part in the Eastern Ukraine campaign in the Donetsk Oblast, Lyman direction. [5] On 11 June 2023 the brigade, alongside several territorial defence battalions, took the village of Blahodatne marking the first settlement to be liberated by Ukrainian forces during the counteroffensive ...