Liman is located in the east of the country, specifically in the province of Donetska very important stronghold of Moscow, is in a process that is still ongoing.
The capture of this town, which Russia uses as a logistics and transportation hub for its operations in the north of the Donetsk region, would represent a major new setback for its plan to control the entire region. Donbass industrial.
He added: "Lyman is important because it is the next step towards the liberation of Ukraine’s Donbass. It is an opportunity to go beyond Kremena and Severodonetsk. And psychologically, it (the town) is very important".
There are in Lyman, according to the spokesman, between five thousand and 5,500 Russian soldiers, but the number of besieged forces may have decreased due to the losses among the soldiers trying to escape from the siege.
Cherivati said Russian forces are making unsuccessful attempts to break the siege.
. added "Some give up, and they have a lot of dead and wounded, but the process is not over yet".
Ukrainian losses
On the other hand, the Russian news agency reported "Dice" The Ukrainian forces suffered losses in battles with the forces of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Republic and the Russian forces.
and estimated "Dice" The death toll of the Ukrainian forces was about 40 people, during Friday’s battles.
It quoted a spokesman for the Donetsk forces as saying that a tank and two mortar launch sites were destroyed, in addition to two armored vehicles and two drones.
What Moscow did not mention about its military activity, Kyiv mentioned. The official Ukrainian news agency said that its forces managed to repel 3 attempted attacks by the Russian forces in Donetsk in an attempt to tighten their grip on this region, and to disrupt the sweeping attack launched by Kyiv since the beginning of last September.
The attack led to Russia losing large areas of the territory that it had seized at the beginning of the war that broke out since February 24.
Kyiv said that Russia bombed military and civilian targets in several regions of Ukraine, causing damage to 30 communities.
The Russian attack included 4 waves of missile strikes, 15 air raids, and 85 attacks using rocket launchers.
These field developments coincide with the announcement by Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Friday, to annex 4 Ukrainian regions to Russia, amid Western condemnation.
The regions that held referendums include: Donetsk and Luhansk in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, Kherson and Zaporizhia.
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A spokesman for the eastern forces UkraineSergey Chirevaty: “The Russian group in the . region lyman besieged,” according to “Archyde.com”.
Liman is located in the east of the country, specifically in the province of Donetska very important stronghold of Moscow, is in a process that is still ongoing.
The capture of this town, which Russia uses as a logistics and transportation hub for its operations in the north of the Donetsk region, would represent a major new setback for its plan to control the entire region. Donbass industrial.
“Lyman is important because it is the next step towards the liberation of Ukrainian Donbass. It is an opportunity to go beyond Kremina and Severodonetsk. Psychologically, it (the town) is very important,” he added.
There are in Lyman, according to the spokesman, between five thousand and 5,500 Russian soldiers, but the number of besieged forces may have decreased due to the losses among the soldiers trying to escape from the siege.
Cherivati said Russian forces are making unsuccessful attempts to break the siege.
“Some are surrendering, and they have many dead and wounded, but the process is not over yet,” he added.
Ukrainian losses
On the other hand, the Russian news agency “TASS” reported that the Ukrainian forces suffered losses in battles with the forces of the self-declared Donetsk Republic and the Russian forces.
TASS estimated the death toll of Ukrainian forces at about 40 people, during Friday’s battles.
It quoted a spokesman for the Donetsk forces as saying that a tank and two mortar launch sites were destroyed, in addition to two armored vehicles and two drones.
What Moscow did not mention about its military activity, Kyiv mentioned. The official Ukrainian news agency said that its forces managed to repel 3 attempted attacks by the Russian forces in Donetsk in an attempt to tighten their grip on this region, and to disrupt the sweeping attack launched by Kyiv since the beginning of last September.
The attack led to Russia losing large areas of the territory that it had controlled at the beginning of the war that broke out since February 24.
Kyiv said that Russia bombed military and civilian targets in several regions of Ukraine, causing damage to 30 communities.
The Russian attack included 4 waves of missile strikes, 15 air raids, and 85 attacks using rocket launchers.
These field developments coincide with the announcement by Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Friday, to annex 4 Ukrainian regions to Russia, amid Western condemnation.
The regions that held referendums include: Donetsk and Luhansk in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, Kherson and Zaporizhia.