As Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Include four regions In eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with army chiefs on Friday to discuss a plan to “liberate” Ukrainian lands controlled by Russia.
Zelensky said on Telegram that he and the military leaders also discussed arms supplies as well as other possible plans of Russia in Ukraine.
control of lyman
In this context, Russian and Western analysts reported an imminent Ukrainian encirclement of the eastern city of Lyman. Recapturing the city could open the way for Ukraine to push deeper into one of the areas annexed by Russia in a move widely condemned as illegal, according to the Associated Press.
From Donbass (AFP)
Ukrainian progress
It is noteworthy that the recent Ukrainian counter-offensive, backed by Western-provided weapons, deprived Moscow of tightening its control over the military battlefields.
Its control of the Lugansk region appears increasingly shaky, as Ukrainian forces invade there, while attempting to encircle Lyman. Ukraine still has a significant foothold in the neighboring Donetsk region.
From the Russian bombing of Donetsk province in eastern Ukraine – Archyde.com
The regions of Lugansk and Donetsk, wracked by fighting since separatists there declared independence in 2014, make up the broader Donbass region in eastern Ukraine.
While Russia took control of all of Kherson and parts of Zaporizhia, two other regions, in addition to Lugansk and Donetsk, were formally annexed to Russia in a ceremony in the Kremlin today.