The Ukrainian military has recaptured Liman, a strategic point in the eastern part of the country, from Russian forces for the first time in about four months. “Due to the danger of encirclement, the army has withdrawn to more favorable locations,” the Russian Defense Ministry said on October 1. Russian state news site “RIA Novostireported.
On October 1, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine also posted a video on its official Twitter account of a soldier holding the Ukrainian flag in front of a sign reading “Reman”. He also posted a picture of what appears to be a Russian flag being dropped from the roof of a building in central Liman.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on September 30 that Donetsk province, where Liman is located,Declared four provinces of eastern Ukraine to be incorporated into Russian territoryI had just done it, but I was disappointed in just one day.
■What is Reman? A transportation hub where railway lines intersect.There is also a view that “ further territorial recovery is possible ” with recapture by Ukraine
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Liman is a city in the northern part of Donetsk Oblast. Located about 60 kilometers from Severodonetsk, the main city of the Luhansk region, it is known as a transportation hub where railway lines intersect. About 20,000 people lived there before the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February.presumed。
During the former Soviet era, Liman was renamed “Krasny Liman,” meaning “red Liman,” in recognition of the symbolic color of communism. However, due to the policy of the Ukrainian government advocating de-communism in 2016,The ‘Reman’ name was revived。
On May 28, three months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Defense MinistryDeclared ‘suppressed’. However, as a result of the Ukrainian army’s reversal offensive that began in September, the Russian army in Liman was instead surrounded. On October 1, the governor of the Luhansk region, Gaidai, said, “We surrounded more than 5,000 Russian troops in Liman, and cut off most of the supply and retreat routes.”had expressed。
With the recapture of Liman, the Ukrainian army has also set its sights on recapturing other important cities such as Severodnetsk. Russia plans to take control of the “Donbass” region, which combines the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and has begun partial mobilization of its citizens, but the hurdles to achieving this goal are rising.
On September 26, the New York Times reported on the future war situation as follows:was reporting。
“Ukraine is launching a major offensive to recapture Liman, an important railroad junction at the western edge of Donbass, which is controlled by Russian forces. We intend to use it as a gateway to maintain momentum for our march further east.”
“If the city is under Ukrainian control, Ukrainian forces will be able to regain lost territory in the coming months.”
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