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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.
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.
According to the 2001 census, the village had a population of 392 people. [2]On 12 June 2020; Decree No. 725-r of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine placed the village in the administration of the Petropavlivka rural hromada [], [3] and on 17 July became part of the redistricted Kupiansk Raion as a result of the administrative-territorial reform.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Russia using ground and air forces in eastern Ukraine’s Lyman and Kupiansk region
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]