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Lyman Pershyi (Ukrainian: Лиман Перший, Russian: Лиман Первый, romanized: Liman Pervyj) is a village in Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. During the first days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine , the village was captured by Russian forces in their initial advance into the nation.
Military expert Justin Crump told Sky News that Ukrainian forces had been focusing on taking the eastern town of Lyman in a bid to discredit the referenda that had taken place days before. On ...
On 10 August, Ukraine ordered a mandatory evacuation of 12,000 civilians from Kupiansk district, citing "the difficult security situation and the increasing amount of shelling by Russian terrorist forces." Ukrainian military spokesperson Hanna Maliar described the situation near Kupiansk and Lyman as a "nightmare". [95]
Following the 2015 law on decommunization the city returned to its original name Lyman, removing the prefix Krasnyi. [11] The change was approved by the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament) on 4 February 2016. [11] Lyman is an important railway junction. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Lyman was seized by Russian troops on 27 May 2022.
Russia using ground and air forces in eastern Ukraine’s Lyman and Kupiansk region
Russia is aiming to break through Ukrainian defences in the Kupiansk-Lyman sector of the front line in northeastern Ukraine after a sharp increase in fighting there, the commander of Ukraine's ...
Russia has intensified its offensive in northeastern Ukraine to break through its heavily fortified defence and recapture the Kupiansk-Lyman area.. The Russian Army is preparing for “serious ...
Kupiansk hosts the administration of Kupiansk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. [1] It had a population of 26,627 (2022 estimate). [2] In February 2024, more than 3,500 people remain in Kupyansk. [3] Until 18 July 2020, Kupiansk was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and the center of Kupiansk Municipality. The ...