At the same time, the Kremlin reported that Russian forces have withdrawn, according to the Russian state news agency RIA.
Now the United States praises the Ukrainian advance.
– It’s important. It’s very encouraging, says US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, according to the Reuters news agency. He stated this at a press conference in Hawaii.
The Ukrainian city of Lyman is indicated as a strategic hotspot for the Russians in the Donetsk region. The city is located with connections to important logistical supply lines for the Russian forces.
– Without those paths, it will be more difficult. This puts the Russians in a bigger dilemma in the future, Austin adds.
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He stressed that Ukraine has done a good job in initiating the liberation of the city.
– I don’t want to speculate on what that means in terms of potential escalation, but what it means for the battlefield is that the Ukrainians continue to make progress, Austin said.
The announcement came the day after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Donetsk, where Lyman is located, and four other Ukrainian regions had been annexed.
Denis Pushilin, the Russian leader of the breakaway Donetsk region, later said Ukraine was trying to overshadow its historic incorporation into Russia by moving to Lyman.
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