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Post by Admin on Oct 1, 2022 21:56:46 GMT
Ukraine War: 'Putin is drawing a big line in the sand' 442,799 views Oct 1, 2022 Military expert Justin Crump discusses the latest developments in Ukraine, as Vladimir Putin mobilises 300,000 reservists and declares Russian rule over four occupied regions of Ukrainian territory.
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Post by Admin on Oct 2, 2022 5:10:48 GMT
Russian troops forced out of key Ukraine town – BBC News 493,932 views Oct 2, 2022 Russia has withdrawn its troops from the strategic Ukrainian town of Lyman, in a move seen as a significant setback for its campaign in the east.
The retreat came amid fears thousands of soldiers would be encircled in the town, Russia's defence ministry said.
Recapturing Lyman is of strategic significance for Ukraine. The town had been used as a logistics hub by Russia, and could give Ukrainian troops access to more territory in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
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Post by Admin on Oct 3, 2022 4:28:38 GMT
The recapture by Ukrainian troops of a key strategic city in the Donetsk region prompted celebration by Ukraine and its allies, and heightened internal criticism within Russia.
Driving the news: Russia announced on Saturday that it was withdrawing troops from the city of Lyman as Ukrainian forces advanced nearer.
The move came one day after Russian President Vladimir Putin formally annexed four regions of Ukraine — including Donetsk — proclaiming them to now be part of Russia. President Biden denounced Russia's "fraudulent" attempt to annex Ukrainian territory in a statement Friday, saying that "Russia is violating international law, trampling on the United Nations Charter, and showing its contempt for peaceful nations everywhere." Ukraine's Defense Ministry confirmed via twitter Sunday morning that Lyman "is fully cleared of the Russian occupiers." The big picture: The loss of Lyman is a huge blow to Russian forces, who have used the city as a crucial logistics and rail hub in the Donetsk.
"Operationally, Lyman is important because it commands a key road crossing over the Siversky Donets River, behind which Russia has been attempting to consolidate its defenses," the U.K. Defense Ministry wrote in an intelligence update on Sunday. For Ukrainian forces, the retaking of the city provides them with a foothold to advance further east. "Lyman is important because it is the next step towards the liberation of the Ukrainian Donbas. It is an opportunity to go further to Kreminna and Sievierodonetsk, and it is psychologically very important," Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesperson for Ukraine's eastern forces, said Saturday, per Reuters. What they're saying: Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin hailed the recapture of Lyman as "significant," adding that "we're very encouraged by what we're seeing right now," Reuters reported.
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Post by Admin on Oct 5, 2022 1:54:22 GMT
Ukraine War: The town the Russians have left 387,563 views Oct 5, 2022 The eastern Donetsk town of Lyman is a husk of its former self, pummelled to bits with the heart ripped out of it and the few residents still there living beneath ground ‘like moles’.
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Post by Admin on Oct 7, 2022 6:32:00 GMT
How significant are the latest Ukrainian gains? | Ukraine latest 765,805 views Oct 5, 2022 Ukrainian forces have broken through Russian defenses in the south of the country while expanding their rapid offensive in the east. They are seizing back more territory in areas annexed by Russia and threatening supply lines for its troops.
Officials there installed by Moscow have acknowledged Ukraine's advances in the Kherson region - one of four that Russia illegally annexed last week. Ukrainian troops are said to have gained territory as much as thirty kilometers away from where the front stood just days ago.
The latest gains are a 00:00 big strategic victory for Ukraine, says András Rácz, a Senior Fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations. DW's Nick Connolly is in Kyiv and put the 03:28 latest Ukrainian gains into perspective.
What will Putin do next?
Russia has taken steps to escalate the conflict - the illegal annexation of four more Ukrainian regions, the mobilization of new troops. Political analyst Liana Fix explains what impact the mobilization now underway in Russia will have on the battlefield after 07:23 Russia has been experiencing a series of military setbacks. She is a Fellow for Europe at the US think tank, the Council on Foreign Relations, and joins us from Washington, DC.
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